Paul Maddocks reflects on our previous story about electric vehicles….. One of the main problems with electric vehicle is that the batteries are very expensive and not very eco-friendly with…
Yes, the famed abolitionist and activist Frederick Douglass raised money to buy himself. He came to Coventry in 1847 as part of a fund raising campaign to end slavery. He…
Elephants have amazing memories, but have we forgotten our own elephant? Paul Maddocks tells us about his memories of the Elephant and his dreams for its future. At the beginning…
As the world pins its hopes on a new vaccine to counter Covid 19, Peter Walters tells the story of an earlier technological breakthrough that helped patients suffering in another…
As part of the 10-point plan for a Green Industrial Revolution the Government has announced an investment of £500m for the development and mass production of electric vehicle batteries. Coventry…
John Marshall goes in search of more stories about an ancient ash tree in Stoke, situated alongside Binley Road and close to the junction of present day Marlborough Road In…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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