Lighting the Way
coventrysociety The City Council has unveiled plans for an eye-catching trail of light which will guide people between Coventry’s railway station and the city centre. It is set to be installed…
Culture
Alan’s Latest Creation
Local community entrepreneur Alan Denyer has expanded his restoration company, AWD Restorations, by setting up a community support operation to help local grassroots cultural projects in the city. Named AWD-CP…
Geoffrey Clarke – A Far From Pointless Artist
It would make a good question for Pointless! Name the famous artists associated with Coventry Cathedral. Sutherland and Epstein would probably score 80 closely followed by Piper and perhaps a…
Acorn Peace
Fifty two years ago, in June 1968, I went to the Coventry Cathedral Exhibition of British Sculpture in and around the old Cathedral. I was only 18 years old at…
Art in a Box at the Peace Orchard
Coventry Peace Orchard and charity Normandy Day UK are planning a new project “Your Peace Orchard 2020 – Art in a box”. This is the first stage of an Art…
Cathedral’s Unity Lawn Gets Makeover
Plans have been unveiled to spruce up Coventry Cathedral’s Unity Lawn, the fenced lawn next to the Chapel of Unity. The scheme covers the area bounded by Cuckoo Lane, Priory…
Antiques Roadshow comes to town
The BBC Antiques Roadshow was planning to come to Coventry Cathedral on 8th September, but with the Coronavirus still prevalent they have decided instead to record a socially distancing programme…
“Coventry Moves” – Coventry City of Culture brand and website review
We’re still some 10 months away from the start of Coventry’s year as UK City of Culture in May 2021. Last week saw a major step towards this date, with…
Jacob Epstein in Auld Reekie
Paul Maddocks, Deputy Chair of the Coventry Society, writes …. “I came across this interesting 1961 photograph of the plaster cast of the Jacob Epstein statue of St. Michael and…
City of Culture will Now Start in May 2021
Coventry’s year as UK City of Culture has been pushed back to start in May 2021, due to the coronavirus crisis. Starting in May instead of the beginning of the…