Coventry Peace Lecture by Sir David King
coventrysociety A rare opportunity to hear the UK’s ex Chief Scientific Adviser and Special Representative for Climate Change share his insight and wisdom. Some people claim that Covid19 is the world’s…
Culture
The Arts Society Coventry – Postponed
Update – due to the current Covid-19 Epidemic, the inaugural meeting of the new Arts Society Coventry will no longer take place on 24th March. We will advise you of…
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…
Coventry’s Place in Literary History
CovSoc Member, Professor Eleanor Nesbit, is inviting you to attend a talk on Coventry’s Place in Literary History which is being held on Saturday 15th February from 2 p.m. –…
Wales Comes to St. John’s
12th January marks the New Year in the Julian calendar, and this date is still celebrated in some parts of Wales. Our friends at St John the Baptist Church, Fleet…
Walking in the Air!
It is 31 December 1999, the eve of the new Millennium. All over the world, computers are about to freeze, unable to cope with a date that has the figure…
The Organ from the Forum Cinema on Walsgrave Road.
The Forum Cinema, on Walsgrave Road, closed and was demolished in 1962. Its Conacher organ was sold to the then Northampton Grammar School for Boys. Amazingly most of the organ…
Spire to Spire Tightrope Walk
Twenty years ago, on New Year’s Eve 1999, Coventry held its breath as French tightrope walker Ramon Kelvink stepped off the parapet of Holy Trinity Church and calmly made his…
The Horse with Many Names
On Greyfriar’s Green there is a black painted metal horse sculpture. Its creator, Simon Evans, was an Art student at the Coventry Art College in 1985/86. He was working on…
Where Light Falls – Coventry Cathedral Blitz Commemoration
Where Light Falls, a spectacular installation of light, history and poetry. 14th – 16th November 2019, 5pm-9pm The event is free. No need to book – just turn up! Using…