Starley Gardens unveiled in city centre
coventrysociety CovSoc member John Marshall reports Coventry’s history continues to evolve and today’s city centre is changing rapidly, with one of the most eye-popping changes being the construction of Starley Gardens…
Public Art
My Carbon Family
As part of City of Culture, the City Council is commissioning new public artwork intended to address climate change issues. My Carbon Family is a ‘family’ of sculptures commissioned to…
Hertford Street to get Flash of Colour
World-renowned artist artist Morag Myerscough is working with Coventry City Council in order to breathe vitality into Hertford Street in advance of the City Centre South scheme. Morag will be…
New lighting switched on in Greyfriars Green
Colourful new rainbow lighting has been installed along the path in Greyfriars Green, lighting up the walk between Coventry railway station and Bull Yard. The light columns use red, green,…
Lighting the Way
The City Council has unveiled plans for an eye-catching trail of light which will guide people between Coventry’s railway station and the city centre. It is set to be installed…
Acorn Peace
Fifty two years ago, in June 1968, I went to the Coventry Cathedral Exhibition of British Sculpture in and around the old Cathedral. I was only 18 years old at…
Cathedral’s Unity Lawn Gets Makeover
Plans have been unveiled to spruce up Coventry Cathedral’s Unity Lawn, the fenced lawn next to the Chapel of Unity. The scheme covers the area bounded by Cuckoo Lane, Priory…
Jacob Epstein in Auld Reekie
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…
‘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…
The Restoration of the Cullen Tile Mural
For our March meeting we have Leslely Durbin talking about tiles in Coventry. Lesley will tell us about the restoration of the Coventry Mural. The talk will cover the removal…