Coventry is blessed with having three Cathedrals. The first was dissolved by Henry VIII and the second was destroyed during the war. The third is a huge modernist structure connected to the second and running over the site of the first. The cathedral is a very brave innovation drawing on modern architecture, glass and concrete …
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Coventry Moot, The Rangers of Mordor Minor
Today I went to the Coventry Moot of The Rangers of Mordor Minor. This is of course a Tolkien thing. In the Tolkien Society local groups are called Smials after the dwellings of the Hobbits in Middle Earth. The Rangers of Mordor Minor are the Coventry Smial. We are called the Rangers of Mordor Minor …
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The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood: Religion, Art and Science
On Tuesday I attended a lecture provided by The Arts Society Coventry. It was a pleasure because the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (PRB) is one of my favourite topics. My degree was History and Victorian Studies where they featured as one of the many interesting topics of the period. The talk was provided by Dr Matt Wates …
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A Bitter reflection on the closing of The Big Comfy Bookshop at Fargo.
Enjoying culture in Coventry is like being poor in hospital before the NHS. You’ve got loads of experts poking at you and have no say except that you must be grateful.
Poetry Van at Fargo, Part of Coventry City of Culture
Poetry Van at Fargo for the #BBC Strong Language Event.
Street Art at Fargo
New Mural at Fargo
Soveida Ensemble Charity Concert in Coventry
Charity concert from Soveida Ensemble
A Selection of Cats
Cats have featured a lot in my life. They have usually been rescue animals who have been saved. On of the first cats in my life was called Rascle. She was saved from being put down because her owner discovered she was allergic to cats. In the photographs are Cleo and Zach. Zach was abandoned …