We don’t have a single verb to express smelling something nice. Welsh and Croatian, by contrast, are never caught short when something fragrant gets right up your nose
I remember the first time I reme…
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The best graphic novels of 2025 ⊕⊕
Alison Bechdel and Joe Sacco return; plus Black Country cowboys, vengeful gods and an angling classic reimagined
Many of 2025’s best graphic novels looked to the past with mixed emotions. Growing up i…
3 months ago
Teenage dreams are never practical. But where would we be without the people who chased theirs? | Adrian Chiles ⊕⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
It can feel wrong to encourage young people to shoot for the stars – yet if no one did, our world would be empty of the artists, actors, athletes and visionaries who give it so much pleasure and mean…
Former Wolves boss is shock contender to replace sacked Vitor Pereira, with Ruben Amorim's Sporting Lisbon replacement also in the frame ⊖
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
The Black Country club parted ways with Vitor Pereira, 57, this morning following a dismal start the season.
7 months ago
For a Brummie like me, Ozzy Osbourne’s voice mattered | Adrian Chiles ○
Unlike other rock stars of the 70s and 80s, Osbourne talked like a bloke from Birmingham should talk. The teenage me loved it
In the olden days, you could listen over and again to your musical heroes …
8 months ago
I knew everyone would hate my mustard shorts. That didn’t stop me buying them | Adrian Chiles ○
I can’t explain what was going through my mind my when I splashed out on them. But I’ve spent three years trying to make amends
One day in my late teens I found a pair of jeans that fitted me nicely. …
10 months ago
‘The Citizen Kane of rock movies’: glam rockers Slade and their bid for cinema greatness ○
Fifty years ago, the Black Country legends made Slade in Flame, about a band screwed by the music business. It tanked and almost finished them. Now, as it’s re-released, the film is being seen as a p…
Black Country, New Road: Forever Howlong review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week ○
(Ninja Tune)
After losing their frontman, the band’s third studio album shows how resilient and adaptable they are, with luscious melodies, fantastical lyrics and lots of recorders
The last time Black …
11 months ago
On my radar: Georgia Ellery’s cultural highlights ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
The Black Country, New Road and Jockstrap musician on a YouTube philosopher, the power of Munch and her love of saunas and Japanese onsen
Born in Cornwall in 1997, Georgia Ellery attended the Guildhal…
12 months ago
Where tourists seldom tread, part 15: three more UK towns with unsung stories ○
Our tour of unheralded towns continues with Black Country legends in Dudley, Renaissance-style architecture in Enniskillen and Middlesbrough, birthplace of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
- Where tourists sel…
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