Send yourself to Coventry, Britain s underrated Capital of Culture, in 2021
Can the original Ghost Town, bombed into oblivion and left on the post-industrial scrap heap, pull off a City of Culture year?
The ruins of the old cathedral
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“Nothing, like something, happens anywhere,” wrote Philip Larkin, in ‘I Remember, I Remember’, one of the few poems he penned about Coventry, his birthplace.
The poet’s memories of a humdrum upbringing probably chime with many people’s preconceptions about Coventry. It’s not only that the city is in the Midlands – that inter-zone between the more clearly profiled North and South. It also plays second fiddle to bold, brassy Birmingham up the road, lacks the honeypot attractions of nearby Warwick or Stratford upon Avon, and while it doesn’t technically belong to the blurred, sprawling conurbation that includes Wolverhampton, Dudley and Walsall, most people think it does – not least because, speeding through the regio
Community COVID-19 testing to be rolled out across Coventry
The roll-out is designed to help stem rising infections in the city
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City of Culture merchandise on sale in the run up to Christmas
A pop up shop has been set up at Coventry Transport Museum
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City of Culture merchandise has gone on sale for the first time (Image: Dylan Parrin)
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The Coventry businesses hit by financially crushing Tier 3 restrictions
One businessman invested £50,000 in a VR attraction in the city, only to be told to cancel it when the Tier 3 restrictions were announced
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A plea not to stifle the efforts of businesses in Coventry to stay open has been made by an MP, who revealed how badly some businesses in the city had been hit by tough Tier 3 restrictions.
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