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Chris Upton: Birmingham Oratory now on world map after Pope's visit
Economic Development
One of Birmingham鈥檚 best-kept secrets is now, very publicly, out of the bag.
A castle to keep in Baginton
Retail & Consumer
Chris Upton uncovers the past at a medieval treasure trove in Coventry.
A different kind of apprenticeship in the 18th century
Retail & Consumer
Chris Upton discovers that apprenticeships of old offered a good deal for all 鈥 employers, parishes, trainees and families.
Chris Upton: A restless gene with a holy calling
Economic Development
For me, a holiday is not a holiday without a visit to at least two medieval churches.
Chris Upton: Expecting showers in Wales
Economic Development
If you鈥檙e a regular or even an occasional traveller, you鈥檒l know that the hotel chains have succeeded in creating the identikit hotel room.
Birmingham's swords and guns and the French Revolution
Retail & Consumer
Commons revolutionary Edmund Burke鈥檚 musings spelt danger for Birmingham arms dealers, writes Chris Upton.
Chris Upton: Grabbing the wrong end of the stick...
Economic Development
If you were ever unwise enough to attend an academic history conference, you would soon discover that history is all about language.
A step up to the stage at Bridgnorth's Theatre-on-the-Steps
Retail & Consumer
Chris Upton looks at how a precariously positioned church was transformed into one of the country鈥檚 most unusual theatres.
Chris Upton: Fed up with Afghanistan
Economic Development
Back in 2001, when we charged excitedly into Afghanistan, I made a risky prediction in this column.
New book takes historical look at Birmingham's hospitals
Retail & Consumer
A new book has been published on the history of hospitals in Birmingham.
Chris Upton: Where was the fight to save the quangos?
Economic Development
Over the past few weeks I have watched as what seems like dozens of government-funded bodies have been torched by the new administration.
Chris Upton: Space for the arts to grow
Economic Development
A walk around the Jewellery Quarter or Eastside (or Digbeth in old currency) could easily be a depressing venture into nostalgia.
Robert Southey unimpressed with 'dirty and smelly' Birmingham
Retail & Consumer
Chris Upton examines the story of writer Robert Southey as he made his way through the industrial Midlands in 1807.
Chris Upton: We鈥檝e been on a slippery slope for 243 years...
Economic Development
The words 鈥渉ealth and safety鈥 are guaranteed to fill the average citizen with despair and wrath.
Chris Upton: Morality in politics 鈥 like oil in water
Economic Development
Last week鈥檚 t锚te-脿-t锚te between David Cameron and Barack Obama had rather more edge to it than the usual get-togethers at the White House.
Robert Southey's letters from the past
Retail & Consumer
Chris Upton examines the writings of a Georgian poet as he made his way through the region.
A splash of colour in Tudor homes
Retail & Consumer
Chris Upton discovers how the Tudors liked to make a lasting impression by decorating their homes with unique art.
Chris Upton: Deflated 鈥 but a calling is answered
Economic Development
There are many firsts in one鈥檚 driving career: passing the test, the first scrape, the first traffic offence and the first puncture.
Chris Upton: We鈥檝e been taken for a pilchard...
Economic Development
They say that appearance is just as much a part of good cuisine as taste.
The inside story of a Midland Jacobean mansion
Retail & Consumer
Chris Upton looks at how parts of a Midland Jacobean mansion ended up on the other side of the Atlantic.
The birth of free schooling in Birmingham
Retail & Consumer
Chris Upton looks at a Georgian literacy drive which brought free schooling to the poorer classes of Birmingham.
Chris Upton: History does repeat itself
Economic Development
The new government has already declared that it will not be relying on 鈥渟pecial advisers鈥 in the way the last lot did.
Chris Upton: This must be the last post
Economic Development
Much has been said over the past year about mismanagement in our banking sector, from Northern Rock to RBS and beyond.
St Wulfstan and his place in Worcester's history
Retail & Consumer
Chris Upton discovers why an old friend of King John of England attracted such devotion.