Ikea Project Re-Starts
coventrysociety Following a number of difficulties, the plans for a major cultural project at the Ikea building seem to be back on track. The plans to transform Coventry’s old IKEA into…
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Counting Culture
UNESCO has chosen the city of Coventry and Warwick Business School (WBS) to participate in its global project to highlight the role of culture in building a sustainable future for…
Black Sound at the Delia Derbyshire
Coventry Society founder member, Paul Maddocks, reviews the latest exhibition at Coventry University’s Delia Derbyshire Building. Paul writes….. Last week I visited Coventry University’s Delia Derbyshire Art school building and…
Music Return to Drapers’ Hall
The Coventry Society is pleased to see that a programme of musical events is to take place this year at Drapers’ Hall. The hall is now managed on behalf of…
Sculpture in Britain – Today and Tomorrow
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…
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…