George Eliot Bi-Centenary – but not in Coventry!
coventrysociety As the world celebrates the bi-centenary of the birth of famous novelist George Eliot, the city where she lived and developed her character and critical thinking has not engaged in…
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A Tale of Two Streets Hits the Road
Our friends at Photo Archive Miners launched their first major citywide exhibition on Wednesday as part of Coventry’s Great Place Scheme for the build up to City of Culture 2021.…
Big Plans for the Cathedral
In March plans were approved for the first significant extension to Sir Basil Spence’s “new” Cathedral. As part of a big plan to make the Cathedral fit to host events…
Francis Skidmore – the Greatest Metal Craftsman of the Victorian Age
Francis Alfred Skidmore was born in Birmingham in 1817, the son of a jeweller. His family moved to Coventry in 1822 and Francis learned metal working during a seven year…
Covsoc 2018-19 – A Look Back on the Year!
With our Annual General Meeting being held last week we thought that it would be a good time to set out what we have been doing over the past year.…
The Mystery of the Egyptian God and the Precinct
Now that the restoration and re-modelling of the City Precinct is about to start, you might be interested in knowing about a link to ancient Egypt. On the back of…
The Bishop and the Sculptor
2018 was the centenary of the designation of St. Michael’s as a Cathedral. Of course it had been a Church for a lot longer, since the Normans built it as…
Harry Quick – Coventry Architect 1858-1935
In the summer of 1895, the Midland Daily Telegraph published a lavish set of drawings illustrating the winning design for Coventry’s new municipal offices. Fashioned in Tudor style, with stone…
Where should the Cross go?
On 15th November 2018, contrary to the recommendation of Historic England, the Council granted planning permission to relocate the replica Coventry Cross from its current location next to Holy Trinity…
Broad Street Meeting Hall – Starts on Site
The Coventry Society welcomes the news that work has started on the construction of the new Broad Street Community Meeting Hall in Foleshill. Broad Street Meeting Hall is a multi-cultural…