The Eagle and the Phoenix
coventrysociety Coventry Society member, Sheila Woolf, has published a new book about the history of Coventry aimed at young people. The book is aimed at children between about nine to twelve…
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Coventry’s War Memorial Park – the Story!
As preparations continue on events to mark the centenary of Coventry’s War Memorial Park in July 2021, Peter Walters looks back at the beginnings of the park, one hundred years…
Carrot Gate – The Coventry Connection!
Warning this article contains fake news! Fake news isn’t actually a new concept. During the Second World War both sides used it intensively. For an effective fake news campaign you…
Queen’s visit to Working Men’s Club is Catalyst for Transport Museum
Our Deputy Chair, Paul Maddocks, tells us the back-story about the Transport Museum, which celebrates its 40th birthday this year. Paul writes…. In 1977 it was the Queen’s Silver Jubilee…
Skating in the Cathedral
Coventry’s Cathedral ruins are to be transformed into a winter wonderland for the first time, creating one of the most spectacular festive ice-skating rinks in the UK. The magical new…
Holy Trinity Receives Heritage Grant
Holy Trinity Church in Broadgate has received a grant of £65,530 from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage. This funding of over sixty five thousand pounds will help Holy…
Turner Prize and Terry Hall bolster Cov’s “glimmer of hope” culture festival
Coventry will host the Turner Prize, a south Asian film festival and a music festival put together by the Specials’ Terry Hall during its city of culture year. The year…
The Mystery of the Banner
The team at the Herbert are asking Coventry people to let them know about a banner which has been discovered in a store room on Cook Street
Pool Meadow Get Upgrade for City of Culture
Coventry’s Pool Meadow bus station is to get a £1.5 million upgrade which will include eye-catching artwork and murals for the 2021 City of Culture. The bus station’s facelift will…
Coventry Heritage at Risk
Three Conservation Areas and 20 other historic sites in Coventry have been designated by Historic England as being “At Risk* in the latest Heritage at Risk Register. Historic England published…