// Best Of Birmingham
• Visit the Edwardian Tea Room whilst there to enjoy some old world charm. Refreshed, exit the Gallery and take a look at the space previously occupied by Central Library. From Satan to Paradise in 50 steps – only in Brum.
• Navigate around the building site to Centenary Square and arrive at The Library of Birmingham. Visit the basement to access the open air performance space, then look up to see the library framed by the circle in which you are standing. Quite a sight.
• Jump in the library’s lift and visit the Shakepeare Room on the top floor, the secret garden and the terrace for a view of HSBC’s new UK Retail Headquarters. Why is this one of my favourite places? It’s a coup for the city and sends a message to the FTSE 100: there are viable alternatives to London to house your headquarters.
• If it’s a sunny day, visit the park behind the library. It is a sun-drenched oasis. Walk through the International Convention Centre and onto the canal front. If the city’s navigators had built an additional 21 km of canals, we could extend our rightful claim of having more canals than Venice to having more than Panama as well. Alas, it was not to be.
• Cross the bridge and follow the tow path to The Cube. Up 25 floors and visit the terrace at Marco Pierre White. The most famous resident in this building is the new Metro Mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Street.
Images were exhibited at Chelsea Flower Show 2017 in support of Birmingham City Council’s entry celebrating the weird and whimsical world of quirky inventor Rowland Emett who studied at Birmingham School of Arts and Crafts. Follow Jas @Jassansi
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• The Mailbox is the next stop. This is a fabulous example of transformation and the story continues…later this year sees the arrival of an Indian restaurant called NRI from Chef Atul Kochhar. Atul is the owner of Benares in London, one of only seven Indian restaurants in the world with a Michelin Star.
• From here, visit Birmingham Southside. Go and see the David Bowie street art by Annatomix, opposite the entrance to Edgbaston Street car park. It’s a fitting tribute to an artist we all dearly miss. And on that note, I hope you enjoy this trail around Brum, whether you are local or from further afield.
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