As the lockdown restrictions gradually ease I am hoping to start offering guided walks again in Coventry in the not too distant future. I...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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)...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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