Blogs

Following a grant of £5,000 from the Road to 2021 Fund, the city’s first iDENT Festival, which was hosted at Warwick Arts Centre, was able to take...

Celebrations for International Women’s Day this year will see millions come together, to celebrate and commemorate. Historically celebrated since 1909, the day may...

Devastated by the Blitz, Coventry responded with a message of forgiveness and peace, and a fervent wish to see the end violent conflict.  This spirit of...

Archives of the city Coventry's year as City of Culture in 2021 is a great opportunity to highlight the fantastic archive material held by organisations in the...

It’s #NationalCurryWeek from 22nd to 28th October and an ideal time for us to share where we find our favourite curries in Coventry.  From delicious daal, to mouth...

Born and bred in Coventry we have always been proud of our city.  When others chose to move away we stayed in the city we are proud to call home. Since starting...

I realised my eyesight was past its best at a conference in 2016. The keynote speaker, Checkatrade Founder, Kevin Byrne, had spoken passionately to 400 people about...

Silhouette Press is very happy to see that Coventry, the city, its citizens and the all of the artists, cultural organisations and the Coventry 2021 Bid Team have been...

Around Coventry, there are bands, musicians, artists. And they are everywhere. Singers, drummers, guitarists, maybe even some more traditional instruments, such as...

We received this on Facebook today, and we loved it too much not to share: White rabbits White rabbits I 'bagsy' it first now I'll get a present and never be...

Coventry is a thriving multicultural city, abuzz with museums, galleries, theatres, restaurants, sports teams, two universities, stunning ancient and modern...

EnV (Coventry) C.I.C is a registered Community Interest Company (CIC) that includes managing and sustaining the award-winning Coventry Ambassador volunteer programme....

A guest blog by Jonathon Harris, Curator for Coventry Biennial of Contemporary Art Work continues apace at Coventry Biennial of Contemporary Art, in preparation for...

One of Coventry’s emblems is a Phoenix – rising from the ashes and rebuilding – this is, for me, the best way to explain why I am backing the City of Culture...

A guest blog from Jo Hunter, from national arts organisation 64 Million Artists. A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to be invited to a workshop hosted by...

'Sent to Coventry' is an expression I’ve often been quoted, when telling of my birthplace. The phrase originates from the 17th century (SAY WHAT?) It saw an...

Many words have already been written and even more words have been spoken about "The City of Culture" and Coventry's place in the bid. There are those who dismiss such...

I’ve lived in Coventry for 22 years. That’s a large chunk of my life spent living within the shadow of the three spires. So why am I here? The easy answer would be...

I've been thinking a lot recently about what makes an individual put down roots in a place. I've tried to analyse what it was that made me settle here in Coventry - to...

I may not be from Coventry - even though it's just a short commute from my home town of Solihull - and my knowledge previously didn’t extend much further than the...

As a young child and teenager, I lived in Rugby. My first memory of Coventry was birthday treats to which I could invite a friend to at Owen and Owen’s restaurant...

Everyone has one. The quietly brilliant friend. They are never the loudest at the party, never the one who shouts about their achievements on Facebook and always the...

Coventry is bidding to become the UK City of Culture in 2021. Here’s my take on the city, it’s culture and my (vanishingly small) part in it. I have a...

You can’t get away from people these days banging on about how we are going to beat 10 other cities to the title of UK City of Culture in 2021. We all know Coventry...

When people ask where I am from, I tell them.  I say Coventry.  Many people actually don’t actually know where it is.  Some people mention the blitz.  I get fed...

Walking through the door on that Wednesday night to the sounds of raucous laughter, we sensed this was a good match. Richard and Rishard joined together by the City of...

I'm an adopted son of Coventry, I moved here when I was a teenager and found a city of open arms rich and diverse in culture and teeming with creativity. The...

Richard Harrison has lived in Coventry for 17 years, he works at the University of Warwick but mainly bangs on about Coventry as he thinks it is a a wonderfully...

I'm a born and bred Coventry girl. Even after moving to the big smoke to follow my dreams of becoming a performer, I found myself landed back here, in dear old...