The Portrait Bench
coventrysociety CovSoc member Peter James tells us about an interesting sculpture. Peter writes…… If you cycle or walk along the cycle route between Kenilworth and Warwick University you will see a…
Public Art
‘Reconciliation’ Sculpture by Josefina de Vasconcellos
CovSoc founder member and Chair of the Lord Mayor’s Committee for Peace and Reconciliation, Paul Maddocks, tells us about “Reconciliation” – one of the Cathedral’s best-known sculptures. Paul writes…. ‘Reconciliation’…
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…
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…
The Broken Angel
The following article has been wrtitten by CovSoc member and Chair of the Friends of Coventry Cathedral, Martin Williams, and first appeared in the Friends newslettter. Martin writes….. The final…
The Art of Cutting Carbon
In April last year we reported on a new arts commission, called My Carbon Family, which was part of Coventry’s City of Culture programme. The Council allocated a budget of…
Appeal to Bring Hutton Drawings back to Coventry
The Friends of Coventry Cathedral have launched a funding appeal to bring cartoons of three panels of the famous Hutton Screen back to Coventry. The famous Hutton Screen is the…
Charles Rennie Mackintosh and The Coventry Precinct
In May 1940, a month before the first minor air raids on Coventry, Donald Gibson, the city architect had put together an exhibition called the ‘Coventry of Tomorrow’. It focussed…
Epstein: Stories in Stone
We reported on the plans for this exhibition at the Cathedral back in February. The exhibition is now open and we would encourage you to visit it. In addition to…