Pots and Frocks
coventrysociety The November lecture of the Art Society Coventry is given by Ian Swankie. Pots and Frocks: The world of Sir Grayson Perry – from Essex Punk Potter to Superstar National…
Culture
Murder in the Cathedral?
Former CovSoc Membership Secretary, Terry Kenny, tells us the fascinating story of his experiences acting in the Cathedral. Terry writes…. When the Cathedral was consecrated in 1962 as well as…
Coventry Peace Festival Returns
Coventry’s annual Peace Festival returns this November to celebrate the city’s ongoing work of promoting peace, tolerance and friendship. The festival highlights Coventry’s role as a City of Peace and…
Performance Art
The October Arts Society Coventry (TASC) lecture will be given by Helen Oakden, whose lecture early this year on Black Artists in Britain since 1960 went down very well with…
The Wrestling Saint
CovSoc member and Chairman of the Friends of Coventry Cathedral, Martin Williams, contemplates the image of St. Michael wrestling with the Devil in the Sutherland tapestry. Martin writes…. St Michael…
The Arts Society Coventry – New Venue, New Programme
The Arts Society Coventry 2023/24 series of exciting and varied monthly meetings commences on Tuesday 19th September with a lecture on The Post-War Textile Visionaries of Modern Art by Ashley…
Alfred Harris – Businessman and Benefactor
CovSoc founder member Paul Maddocks tells us about one the city’s most important recent benefactors. Paul writes….. Alfred Harris, was a Keresley businessman, who was the sole benefactor of the…
Plans for the Ikea Building move forward
Plans are developing for the memorably named “City Centre Cultural Gateway” or CCCG, known to most of us as the Ikea Building. The building, which has been vacant for three…
Boy out of the city
Coventry born Declan Bennet (EastEnders’ Charlie Cotton) brings his one person show to the LTB Showrooms this summer before heading to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2023. This raw…
Coventry Pageant and Cathedral Festival 1962
CovSoc former Vice Chair, Terry Kenny, reminds us of the pageant that accompanied the consecration of Coventry Cathedral. Terry writes…. In 1962 Coventry Cathedral was consecrated amid great pageantry. To…