The Birmingham Dispatch

23/09/2026

https://www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/joe-lycett-is-birminghams-greatest-champion-hes-not-its-greatest-artist/
Is it time we started demanding more of our city's biggest gallery?

Criticism of BMAG earlier this year got the city’s hackles up, but is it time we started demanding more of our biggest gallery?

22/09/2026

One week, 2,000 members - and a big discount. Get it before it runs out.
https://www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/lets-hit-2000-members-for-our-birthday/

21/09/2026

We are turning 3! To celebrate, have a discounted membership - and get us to 2,000 paying members by Sunday. Hurry before the offer runs out.

You have one week…

20/09/2026

Jordan Patel saw his life’s work go up in flames. Then his real problems started.

17/09/2026

Incase you missed 👀

We delved into the row over Brum's 20mph speed limit.

For some the move is sensible. For others, it is a disgraceful "war on drivers", that could prove economically devastating.

What are your thoughts? 🚗

‘It’s f***ing insane’

17/09/2026

Incase you missed 👀

The 20mph speed limit has caused a firestorm in Brum.

For some, its sensible. For others its a disgraceful "war on drivers", that could prove economically devastating.

Where do you land? 🚗

‘It’s f***ing insane’

17/09/2026

Incase you missed 👀

The Tamworth Tap has just been crowned best pub in the West Midlands. Its also won best pub of the year THREE out of the last four years.

What makes the pub deserving of such prestige? Is there a case of "favouritism and bias" going on...

Yards from the castle where Offa once conquered these lands, George Greenaway has made Tamworth great again

16/09/2026

Are Birmingham’s rail upgrades going to derail Digbeth businesses?

In July, £1.75 billion plans to bolster the city's rail network were launched. But not everyone is smiling

14/09/2026

Your Monday Briefing is out now:

To be or not to be Greater Birmingham

12/09/2026

Why does this pub in Tamworth keep winning Pub of the Year?

Yards from the castle where Offa once conquered these lands, George Greenaway has made Tamworth great again