eager to breathe in the fresh air from the Lickey Hills, away from the city smog and back to backs. Joe Fletcher picked this emerging tourist spot to put down roots just over 100 years ago in 1920 ...

Lickey Road was the entrance to a world of make-believe for hundreds of thousands of Brummie children. Catching the tram from Navigation Street, they would alight at the terminal and then head off ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As Jonathan Coe and I stride along the ridge of the Lickey Hills, 10 miles south of Birmingham, the 54-old ...

Earlier this year, council leader John Cotton was asked if such charges should be introduced at Lickey Hills, which were given as a gift to the people of Birmingham. He responded: “It’s ...