Ghost town visitor wins wildlife photographer of the year award #wildlife #WildlifePhotographeroftheYear #photography #wildlifephotography #nature

90,000 expected at festival in honour of cold beetroot soup. Yes, really. #PinkSoupFestival #Vilnius #Lithuania

Well, time flies! Today is the fifth birthday of the Paul Cole Writes blog, which started life in the depths of Covid lockdown as a travel site but has since widened scope to include my love of music, books and entertainment. Thanks for your support!

Black Sabbath legend Geezer Butler set for all-star stage return #BlackSabbath #GeezerButler #rockmusic

Rare #JimiHendrix memorabilia going under the hammer at the London hotel listed as his home address on the rock legend's death certificate. #rockmusic #rock #music

@brookmyre.bsky.social Catching up on back catalogue Be My Enemy and just discovered Ger and Alison’s love of The Mutton Birds. One of my favourite bands, and the first time I’ve ever seen them referenced in a novel. They appear in my all-time gigs list paulcoletravels.com/2025/08/25/r...

Iconic seaside poster at centre of animal cruelty row wins heritage honour #Skegness #Lincolnshire #travelart #travelposters #railposters

The Hobbit was published this day in 1937. To mark the day here’s a revisit of my visit to the home of Bilbo Baggins … #thehobbit #lordoftherings #tolkien #middle-earth #newzealand #LOTR

Black Sabbath guitar hero Tony Iommi returned to the stage last night in hometown Birmingham… paulcoletravels.com/2025/09/19/s...

Weird and wonderful weather captured in global #SCWPU photo contest #weather #photography

You might want to sleep on it – Brum's latest public sculpture… #Birmingham #sculpture #art #university

Historic cathedral city invaded by giant B-movie monsters #Lincoln #Lincolnshire #sci-fi #monsters #familyfun

Enjoy hugs from Johnny Vegas at Britain's big ceramics festival #BritishCeramicsBiennial #JohnnyVegas #pottery #sculpture #art

Inspector Morse: House Of Ghosts, Birmingham Rep review

Late Motörhead legend Lemmy gets mugged in the Potteries #motorhead #lemmy #rockmusic

It's okay to sing the praises of a holiday that hits the right notes …

Revealed: My 20 favourite rock and pop gigs of all time

Legends and Lioness lead holiday hotspot football escapes

Record-breaking karate day in Okinawa isn't just for kicks #karate #okinawa #japan #martialarts

Book Review: Serial killer claims more victims at Stratford's RSC #booksky #shakespeare #stratforduponavon

London is turning turtle with the help of a host of celebrity A-listers

Giant painting to mark Women's Euros football is pitch perfect #Saype #Switzerland #art

Geezer Butler: why our Black Sabbath farewell had to be at Villa Park #BlackSabbath #BacktotheBeginning #AstonVilla #VillaPark

Black Sabbath play the smallest, and shortest, gig of their lives #BlackSabbath

Inside Black Sabbath's Freedom of the City civic ceremony paulcoletravels.com/2025/06/30/i... #BlackSabbath #backtothebeginning #heavy metal #rockmusic

Nhow that's what I call making a song and dance about hotels paulcoletravels.com/2025/06/27/n...

Now it can be revealed. After writing the Mirror’s Black Sabbath: The Homecoming special edition, on sale tomorrow, here’s the next one I’ve worked on with my good friend Nick Harries, and which is due out on July 2! Shamelessly, I’ve dropped a pre-order link in the comments.

Review - Joe Satriani and Steve Vai's Satchvai rocks Wolverhampton #Satchvai #JoeSatriani #SteveVai #rockreviews

My #blacksabbath special is coming out on June 25! #blacksabbathshow #backtothebeginning

Visiting Birmingham for the big #BlackSabbath reunion? Here are the city's must-sees…

Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it's Superman's real-life Cleveland home #Superman #DC #movielocations #Cleveland

Two new Tolkien sculptures are to celebrate the real-life Middle-Earth love story in the UK #Tolkien #LordoftheRings #LOTR #booksky #fantasy

Living la dolce vita on board Italy's opulent Orient Express #OrientExpress #luxurytrain #travel #railholidays #railtravel #Italy

Giant floating artwork’s message of peace to Statue of Liberty #art #graffitiart #peace #statueofliberty #newyork #USA

See Batman's real-life Wayne Manor in an entirely new light #Batman #DCEU #movielocations #Burghley

Remarkable street art turns homes into giant bookcases #booksky #streetart #books #art

Bloomin' beautiful tulip field right on our Midlands doorstep #tulipfields

@janerockhouse.bsky.social Congratulations on your Journalist of the Year award! Richly deserved.

Booze secret of my Crackpot family tree is finally revealed #familytree #genealogy #Yorkshire #weirdplacenames

New #DollyParton exhibition to open at country's hall of fame. #countrymusic #music

Statue of Motörhead legend Lemmy, containing his ashes, to be unveiled next month #Motörhead #Lemmy #rock #metal #music #tourism

The day The #Beatles iconic Abbey Road crossing disappeared

Lord of the Rings hero Treebeard alive and well on Cannock Chase #lordoftherings #Tolkien #LOTR

#WorldBookDay: Inside Midlands biggest second hand book shop paulcoletravels.com/2025/03/06/w...

World's biggest puppet festival has plenty of strings attached

It’s not long til lights out again in #F1 #booksky …

Use the Force, Stoke … #starwars

Your chance to be a Peaky Blinder this weekend #PeakyBlinders

More huge names for the #BlackSabbath Villa Park reunion include #GunsNRoses paulcoletravels.com/2025/02/09/m...

The amazing Hannah Waddingham is the new face of The Love Boat cruise line. #hannahwaddingham #tedlasso #theloveboat