Birmingham

Birmingham's claim on the balti is robust and extensively documented. The dish was developed in the restaurants of the Balti Triangle in the 1970s, and the cooking method, the vessel, and the experience are distinctively Brummie.

Four men from Aston, Birmingham formed Earth in 1968, renamed themselves Black Sabbath, and invented a genre. The connection between heavy industry, the working-class midlands, and the sound they created is not accidental.

At its peak, the Jewellery Quarter in Hockley produced 40 percent of all jewellery made in Britain. The workshops, the trade, and the community that built that reputation are still there, if you know where to look.

Before the TV show, the Peaky Blinders were a real Small Heath gang active in the 1880s and 1890s. The real history is both less cinematic and more interesting than Tommy Shelby's version.