by Rosie Bradbury | Jan 20, 2026 | Press
The Hackwood Community Choir from Smethwick will be at Halesowen Library on Saturday 7 February to celebrate a new year wassail. Wassail is an historic mid-winter tradition aimed at ‘waking up’ cider apple trees by scaring away evil spirits and ensuring a...
by Rosie Bradbury | Jan 15, 2026 | Press
Sedgley Library is the venue for a deep dive into Jack the Ripper territory on Saturday 24 January at 1pm when Damian Carter returns to talk about his book The Women of Whitechapel. Focusing on the killer’s victims, the free event proved so popular last year that...
by Rosie Bradbury | Jan 8, 2026 | Press
Stourbridge Library is the venue for a free poetry session on 15 January that focuses on trees and woods. Poets Simon Fletcher and Kuli Kohli have collaborated on a new anthology entitled Seeing the Trees and the Woods and published by Offa...
by Rosie Bradbury | Jan 8, 2026 | Press
According to new research, nearly a third (28%) of people living in the South West intend to use a health and fitness app to help reach their 2026 fitness goals. Almost half say the main benefit is the motivation it provides, with 45% citing reminders,...
by Rosie Bradbury | Jan 8, 2026 | Press
According to new research, nearly half (46%) of people surveyed in Wales intend to use a health and fitness app to help reach their 2026 fitness goals. 33% say the main benefit is the motivation it provides – citing reminders, progress tracking and...
