Jacob Epstein in Auld Reekie
coventrysociety Paul Maddocks, Deputy Chair of the Coventry Society, writes …. “I came across this interesting 1961 photograph of the plaster cast of the Jacob Epstein statue of St. Michael and…
Culture
City of Culture will Now Start in May 2021
Coventry’s year as UK City of Culture has been pushed back to start in May 2021, due to the coronavirus crisis. Starting in May instead of the beginning of the…
Coventry Teenagers Takeover Civic Day
Like most civic societies CovSoc membership is heavily biased towards older people, many of whom are retired. There isn’t really much for younger people to get involved with. Civic Day…
Rupert’s Super Model Cathedrals are Simply Divine
Rupert Cordeux is fascinated by cathedrals – so fascinated that he builds them himself. His are smaller versions of the real things, but perfect in every detail. A dining table…
CovSoc Teen Takeover – Saturday 20th June
This year for Civic Day the Coventry Society is handing over its social media channels to Coventry young people. They will tell us what makes them proud of their city…
Dr Richard Sadler, Photographer, (1927-2020) RIP
Richard Sadler was probably Coventry’s pre-eminent post-war photographer, capturing life in and around the city for sixty years. Born in Hillfields in 1927, he spent much of his youth unwell,…
Coventry – Art and Architecture.
Twenty Things you Ought to Know About Coventry and Art and Architecture by Peter Walters, CovSoc Committee Member 1. A stained-glass image of a blonde-haired woman, discovered during recent archaeological…
Broad Street Meeting Hall – All ready to open!
If it hadn’t been for the Coronavirus epidemic and the lock-down, the Coventry Society would have been visiting the new Broad Street Hall this evening (11th May 2020). In the…
‘Gloria’ Sculpture by Robert Erskine
Robert Erskine tells us the story of the Gloria sculpture constructed in 1996 at Coventry Business Park, Canley, the site of the former Triumph works. Firstly I would like to…
Coventry Peace Lecture by Sir David King
A rare opportunity to hear the UK’s ex Chief Scientific Adviser and Special Representative for Climate Change share his insight and wisdom. Some people claim that Covid19 is the world’s…