Sculpture in Britain – Today and Tomorrow
coventrysociety The November meeting of The Arts Society Coventry will be a lecture by Raymond Warburton Sculpture in Britain – Today and Tomorrow Tuesday 12th November 2024 6.30pm (Doors open at…
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Peace Lecture 2024
Our founder member Paul Maddocks is Chair of the Coventry Lord Mayor’s Committee for Peace and Reconciliation. Paul writes….. You may know that every November there is a Coventry Peace…
Unholy Trinity
Paul Maddocks, a founder member of the Coventry Society, reviews a recent play performed at St. Mary’s Guildhall. Paul writes….. Last week I had the pleasure of seeing the first…
What Will Survive of Us Is Love
Historian and CovSoc committee member, David Porter, reflects on a visit to Chichester Cathedral which has some interesting links to Coventry. David writes…. In the course of a recent visit…
Artists’ Studios Under Threat
The building at 58-64 Corporation Street described as “underused” in a recent local news article is in fact home to Meter Room: a non-for-profit arts organisation hosting a project space…
Ellen Terry 1847 – 1928
CovSoc member, Peter James, tells us about one of Coventry’s most famous actresses. Peter writes…… Benjamin Terry and his wife Sarah Ballard were actors. In 1847 they were performing in…
Gabriele Munter
Gabriele Munter: Expressionism, The Rise of The Blue Rider and beyondA lecture by Colin Pink Tuesday 8th October 2024 – Doors open at 6.00pm for 6.30pm lecture, at Barr’s Hill…
My Farming Life Past and Present
CovSoc Vice Chair, Peter Walters, reports back on a Coventry’s Society talk from retired farmer and CovSoc member, Richard Grindal. Peter writes….. In Richard Grindal’s early childhood, horses were still…
Bringing Light
A talk about Coventry Cathedral’s glass and the ‘Broken Angel’ project Long Itchington History Group Wednesday October 9th at 7.30 Long Itchington Community Centre, Stockton Road. CV47 9QP. Entrance £3.…
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
The Arts Society Coventry – September lecture The first lecture in the 2024-25 programme will be on Tuesday 10th September at the NEW, EARLIER time of 6.30pm (doors open for…