City of Culture Bankrupt
coventrysociety Coventry’s City of Culture programme finally got the national publicity that it was seeking. Unfortunately, it was for all the wrong reasons. The City of Culture Trust has called in…
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The Art of the Automobile
Our friends in the Arts Society Coventry are organising a different meeting this month, which might be of interest to CovSoc members: Roger Mendham will talk on the subject “The…
Three poems for the New Year
On 2nd December 2022 the Coventry Society unveiled a plaque at the birthplace of Coventry’s most famous poet, Philip Larkin. Larkin was born in Radford in 1922 and died on…
Arts Society Coventry forthcoming January Lecture
THE ARTS SOCIETY COVENTRY The Arts and Crafts Movement, Kirsty Hartsiotis Tuesday 24 January 2023 7pm (Doors open at 6.30pm) The Drama Studio, King Henry VIII School, Spencer Road, Coventry…
Litten Tree Building to close
Alan Denyer writes….. Hi all – happy new year! Apologies it’s been a while since I’ve been in touch – can you believe this week marked 500 days since we…
Tile Mural Destroyed
The Coventry Society is disappointed to learn that post-war artwork located in an underpass near Croft Road has not been saved from destruction. The artwork was in the form of…
Delia Comes Alive
A couple of CovSoc committee members were fortunate to be given a preview tour of the amazing Delia Derbyshire Building in Cox Street. The Delia Derbyshire building is set to…
Hanukah to be Publicly Celebrated in Coventry for the first time in many years…
Avi Tordjman, from Coventry Synagogue, writes …. “I am pleased to invite you and your family, friends and colleagues to join us celebrating Hanukah this year outside the Council House…
New University Open Space
A new public open space is to be created on the site of the former Alan Berry Building opposite Coventry Cathedral. With the development of a new Coventry University building…
Cathedral Monument Collapses
CovSoc member and Chair of the Friends of Coventry Cathedral, Martin Williams writes … The Bridgeman Memorial on the walls of the Cathedral Ruins collapsed in October. This was quite…