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 ...

With just one day to go until the latest general election I am concluding my "mini-series" of three blog posts summarising the poitical history of Coventry. ...

In the run up to the looming election I have been looking at MPs that have represented Coventry over the centuries. Between 1295 and 1945 Coventry was a sing...

I’ve been researching the political history of Coventry in the run up to the general election and want to explore the following themes over the next few days...

Although most of my recent efforts have been focused on researching Coventry’s political history (which will be the focus of upcoming posts) I thought that i...

In my last blog post I mentioned that in the run up to the upcoming general election I shall be looking at some of Coventry’s political history. As yesterday...

I am using this blog as a rough framework for my "Coventry Ramble" project. The idea is to take locations and themes relevant to my regular walks (and someti...

One of my aims with “In Godiva’s Footsteps” is to promote sustainability – part of my reasoning in offering “on foot services”. I do not drive and although m...

If you have been following my blog you will know that I’ve been doing some work for the council knocking on doors to check that the electoral register is up ...

I am in the middle of a few weeks of employment aside from my “Godiva’s Footsteps” work – apologies for postings being a bit sparse lately. My “on foot servi...

A varied and interesting week since my last blog. I have been spending much of the daytime working on the electoral register canvass in Binley and Willenhall...

I recently paid a visit to Coventry library and borrowed a few items to help with my research into Coventry’s literary connections. In recent posts I’ve disc...