Litten Tree Building to close
coventrysociety 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…
Culture
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…
Coventry Poet Laureate Visits Twin City of Dresden
In September, Coventry Poet Laureate, Emilie Lauren Jones, took part in a poetry exchange visit to the city of Dresden. Dresden and Coventry were twinned in 1956, after both cities…
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…
Sergeant Bilko in Coventry!
CovSoc founder member and former Chair, Paul Maddocks, tells us the interesting tale of Coventry’s strangest museum. Paul writes…. Who would believe that an American comedian would have a special…
The Culture of Ukraine
The October meeting of the Arts Society Coventry is focused on the culture of Ukraine and is open to the public. “This lecture tells the Ukrainian story through the shared…