I've just returned from a pleasant morning walk with my dog Spike around the lake at Stoke Floods. The lake is adjacent to the Sowe Valley Path near to Binle...

One of the headlines on the BBC News website today is "Alarm at Med Pollution at Covid Protection Waste". The story outlines the concerns of a French environ...

In my last few posts I have concentrated on the history of my Hermitage Road locality and hopefully shown that even what can seem as a mundane neighbourhood ...

I am writing at a time when many people will be feeling negative effects of isolation due to the "lockdown" restrictions. Many however have commented on some...

I have just returned from a short walk with my dog around the block, "the Block" being the square of my own Hermitage Road (named after Hermitage Farm - once...

Tomorrow evening (Saturday) ITV will be screening the 1987 FA Cup Final featuring Coventry City and Tottenham Hotspur. These were two of the most entertainin...

One of my blog entries last week included references to William Shakespeare's Coventry connections. Last night's BBC 4 documentaries "Return to Larkinland" a...

As we are currently living under "lockdown" restrictions I am going to have a look at times past when Coventry would have restricted movement to citizens and...

In recent years I had worked as a volunteer at Coventry's Priory Visitor Centre at the site of Coventry's first (and most magnificent) Cathedral and associat...

I am planning for my "hour's exercise" walk today to be around the ruins of Caludon Castle in Caludon Park just down the road from my Wyken home. Caludon Par...

After a bit of a break from the blog and a bit of a slowdown generally due to health issues (and more recently the "lockdown" which has affected us all) I th...

I've attended two interesting events over the last two evenings. On Thursday I went along to the Criterion Theatre in Earlsdon to watch "Coventry's Tudor Inh...

After a varied week of delivering and attending guided walks and historic talks it is time to catch up on here! Research into varying walks and talks and dis...

Whilst preparing for the "Stroll in Godiva's Footsteps" guided walk which I shall be giving this week I have been looking at different interpretations and re...

A few years ago motorists entering Coventry would be welcomed by a sign declaring "Welcome to the City in Shakespeare Country". At least that is how I rembem...

Coventry's civic society celebrates its fiftieth annivesary in the coming year. The Coventry Society is a campaigning group with aims of helping to shape the...

Over the Christmas period I've been starting to take a look at history of some of Coventry's religious buildings - surviving and lost. I shall be posting abo...

Last week saw Coventry City in action against Lincoln City. Lincoln has a long heritage including that as a Roman garrison and (like Coventry) an important m...

When the football fixtures are released many fans will scan the list for opening day matches, local derby dates, boxing day and new year's fixtures. This yea...

Just a quick post today to wish all a Happy Christmas. There will be more to come over the next few days with some draft posts under development. After some ...