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22 September 2025
It’s The Return Of The Jazz Age At The Grand Hotel Birmingham
In the UK, the Victorian era was the heyday of the grand hotel. Coinciding with a new appetite for travel, especially by rail, architectural wonders, in the form of grandiose hotels, sprung up across the country, with most major cities boasting their own elaborate versions.
The Langham, which opened in London in 1865, is regarded as the UK’s (and, in fact, Europe’s) first grand hotel, with the Savoy, opening in 1889, following its lead. Birmingham was no exception and its own grand dame property...