Planning permission for the redevelopment of the Upper Precinct was granted in 2017. However the scheme caused considerable concern to Historic England and following their recommendation, the Precinct was listed…
Look at this picture and it could be Coventry! With the future plans for the recently listed Upper Precinct currently being considered, it was interesting to read a recent Guardian…
After careful consideration the Coventry Society has decided to formally oppose the demolition of the Coventry Cross and has launched a petition in support of this campaign. The Society is…
At its meeting on Monday 10th September 2018 the Coventry Society honoured one of its longest serving members, Ralph Butcher. Ralph moved to Coventry in 1960 after a spell in…
People who read the local press will be aware of the plans of the City Council to move the reconstructed Coventry Cross from its current location next to Holy Trinity…
A personal account of living in Coventry by Nirmal Puwar This article was written as a piece of creative writing just before Coventry was awarded the City of Culture 2021,…
Our campaign for recognition of John Kemp Starley continues with a comic strip produced by our Chairman, Paul Maddocks. More about John Kemp Starley here…
As House of Fraser announces it is pulling out of Birmingham and Solihull, Keith Draper argues that it’s time to re-think the City Centre South shopping development. Designed specifically to…
Our Chairman, Paul Maddocks, calls for the return of the Coventry Mystery Plays. I see in the press that Chester Cathedral has recently completed a programme of the Chester Mystery…
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