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BREAKFAST, ONLY KUULA
Step away from the cereal box, as of 7am today, Kuula Poké started to serve breakfast bowls in addition to the fresh, raw goodness of their build-your-own poké, and they're giving away 50 of them. Like at lunchtime, you pick a base: you can keep it simple with fresh fruit, or supercharge your superfood intake with a smoothie or açaí base. For the uninitiated, açaí (or "ah-sigh-EE") is a berry from Amazon rainforest that whipped up just right has the texture of ice cream, the health benefits of a small tribe of vitamin supplements and tastes right proper nice. Start with the team's classic açaí base or get all adventurous with the hot pink Dragon Fruit or Blue Majik serves. Whatever you opt for, next up, add three toppings, like granola, almond butter and cacao nibs. Finally, toppings — flaked almonds, chia seeds and coconut shavings are all for the sprinkling. Breakfast bowls are £3.55 to takeaway but the first 50 of you to show this email get one for free. The team's Big Island Brunch Bowl, which is served warm, is also included in the giveaway if smoked haddock, egg, edamame and spring onions is more your thing. Breakfast is served from 7am until 11am daily. And you can give Kuula Poké a follow on Insta right here.
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WALKIES AND A TOUR, PLEASE
Do a walking tour, climb up something tall involving cocktails and eat at an incredible restaurant. That’s the simple yet effective pattern long weekends away follow for us, so how have we so completely ignored one of this most holy of trinities in our home city? Positively Birmingham offers four, year-round walking tours. We tried Discovering Birmingham (£12.50), a circular wander which gets you to and from Centenary Square in just under two hours, via the city's Georgian era, Victorian era, the JQ and a bit of secret canal, which — before you ask — wouldn't be a secret if we told you where it was now, would it? To give the tour plenty of personality expect proper good guides, artefacts, pictures, a guidebook which you get to keep and big, pub-quiz winning sort of learnings.
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TAKING BACK BEDLAM
Thankfully, the response to mental health issues has evolved beyond anachronistic advice about socks being pulled up over the last decade. Now in its fourth year, Bedlam Festival shifts the focus towards how the arts can positively impact upon mental well-being through a whole host of events. Beats, lyrics and rhymes find Brum’s own Lady Sanity and Call Me Unique (pictured) along with Trademark Blud, exploring the often-undocumented experiences of our youth. The Hip-Hop and Rn’B artists tackle the stigma of mental health issues head-on, with a particular focus on marginalised communities. On October 11 at MAC, tickets are £8.50. The festival, which also includes theatre, dance, art, film and discussion runs October 1 to 12 across the city. Full programme
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