Ellen Manning

From club nights to fine dining, Birmingham's got it all. Whether you're a student or a well-heeled professional, there's something for everybody. So, you know you've had a good night out in Birmingham when...   1. You got on the train to Five Ways at the end of the night - and woke up in Redditch <img id="6aaa7d8b-1112-6446-3ec6-38aae6512c64" data-caption="" data-credit="Elliott Brown/WikiCommons" data-width-class="" type="image/jpeg" total="3297459" loaded="3297459" image_id="102961755" src="http://media.timeout.com/images/102961755/image.jpg" alt="London Midland train" align="middle" class="photo lazy inline"> Elliott Brown/WikiCommons Why is it the cross city line never seems to work according to plan unless you're unconscious?    2. You found yourself at Turtle Bay happy hour at 10pm, despite having already been there from 6pm for the first one <img id="aa557abc-53a4-ea3c-24ca-4b3d0c559f39" class="photo lazy inline" src="http://media.timeout.com/images/102961756/image.jpg" alt="Turtle Bay" data-caption="" data-credit="Turtle Bay" data-width-class="100" data-mce-src="http://media.timeout.com/images/102961756/image.jpg" image_id="102961756"> Turtle Bay One of Birmingham's best-loved happy hour venues, Turtle Bay gives you two-for-one cocktails not only at the beginning of the night, but at the end, too. Is there any point in leaving?   3. You woke up with the remainder of your Mr Egg cheesy chips still all over your fac

When it comes to food, terms like 'locally-sourced' and 'sustainable' are often bandied around. Just how much of that talk translates to what ends up on the table can often be hard to see. Not so with Edible Eastside and it's Kitchen School.   <img id="897d6aa8-ea03-7ca1-d38f-23bbb68e4ed8" data-caption="" data-credit="Credit: Jayne Bradley, Edible Eastside" data-width-class="100" type="image/jpeg" total="131247" loaded="131247" image_id="102933090" src="http://media.timeout.com/images/102933090/image.jpg" class="photo lazy inline"> Credit: Jayne Bradley, Edible Eastside   Based in Digbeth, Edible Eastside is a thriving kitchen garden with a difference. Located on quarter of an acre of what was once derelict canal side land, the not-for-profit project shows just what's possible when it comes to growing food in cities. As well as renting plots to people who want to grow food, the garden holds community events to encourage sustainable living as well as work with food banks, community groups and students. Rather than leaving things there, Edible Eastside director Jayne Bradley puts this food to good use at her Kitchen School, which hosts informal cookery classes that she runs out of her home in Edgbaston.   <img id="052ae3dd-5861-be5e-98b4-09b760a5a792" data-caption="" data-credit="Ellen Manning" data-width-class="" type="image/jpeg" total="4004063" loaded="4004063" image_id="102931882" src="http://media.timeout.com/images/102931882/i