Step back into the city's Working Men's Clubs Feb 12 2008
DURING the inter-war years Coventry’s clubs were multiplying as well as moving, like many of the city’s residents, into the new suburbs. Slum clearance programmes saw many people rehoused and they took with them enthusiasm for their clubs. more
Spies like us... Dec 21 2007
OUR mission, should we choose to accept it, was to investigate the offices of one of the nation’s biggest surveillance equipment suppliers and private investigation firms. more
Coventry explorer braved arctic weather, polar bears... and TV celebrities Nov 29 2007
Mark Wood was a guide on a Top Gear show attempt to reach the North Pole.
In an exclusive interview, he
talks to RICHARD ASHMORE
about polar bear encounters,
sharing a tent with Jeremy
Clarkson, and a search for his own team of explorers... more
Coventry man's role in the rescue of sailors in Yangtze incident Nov 12 2007
Hidden Coventry gets a first hand account of one Coventry sailor’s incredible story of his part in a notorious chapter in British naval
history when, in 1949, Britain sent the warship HMS Amethyst up China’s Yangtze River to protect her subjects in Nanking from attack by communist forces who were rising up during the country’s civil war. The incident, which saw 40 crewmen killed, including the captain, was later featured in the film the Yangtze Incident which had the title Battle Hell in America. more
Grand designs Oct 26 2007
THE rebuilding of Warwick after the Great Fire of 1694 was one of the triumphs of English urban design. more
INTERVIEW: Faye Tozer Oct 25 2007
Faye Tozer talks to Les Reid about filming Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle, and reveals who it was who made her star struck... more
Remembering the Bablake old boys Oct 25 2007
MORE than 90 ‘old boys’ from Bablake School died during World War II and I have established that another 650 Coventry men served. more
Saved from the flames! Oct 18 2007
VISITORS to Warwick have much to look at. Our county town has a series of architectural set-pieces, from the world-famous castle rising cliff-like from the banks of the Avon to the timber-framed gables of Lord Leycester’s Hospital and the magnificent Beauchamp Chapel. more
The man who risked his life to save others Oct 11 2007
THIS week Hidden Coventry looks at the story of Brandon Moss who became one of the greatest heroes of the city’s blitz after he rescued survivors trapped in rubble. more
Climate change debate hots up Oct 5 2007
THIS week the Coventry Times Goes Green campaign explores the science behind climate change. Dr Jason Jordan, who lectures on the new climate change degree course at Coventry University, gives his opinion to RICHARD ASHMORE more
Tightening our belts on waste Sep 26 2007
This week the Coventry Times Goes Green campaign looks at how well our city is performing in the war on rubbish more
Go Green with the Times Sep 20 2007
For the next six weeks we will bring you features about the biggest environmental issues affecting Coventry people. more
Hidden Coventry Sep 20 2007
DEEP in the dungeons of the city police station there lies a fascinating and grizzly history of Coventry's criminal past. more
Pillars of Society Sep 13 2007
THEY come in all shapes and sizes, are a familiar part of any townscape and even have a colour named after them. They’re pretty indispensable though probably taken for granted, and Warwick has two rare Victorian ones. more
Tales to chill the soul Sep 12 2007
BEING a medieval city you would think that Coventry should have built up quite an impressive haul of hauntings by now. more
