Forthcoming local events

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Listening to Historic Coventry at The Herbert
Tuesday 1st September 2026 to Thursday 30th September 2027 Time: Opening hours
Cost: Museum admission fees apply
Have you ever wondered how music might have sounded inside the Old Cathedral in the fifteenth century? How about Holy Trinity Church in the sixteenth century, or St Mary’s Guildhall in the seventeenth? A research project called Aural Histories: Coventry 1451-1642 recently spent three years asking just these questions, using materials from Coventry Archives and the Herbert Museum and Art Gallery to help find answers.
https://www.theherbert.org/whats-on/1959/aural-histories-listening-to-historic-coventry

One of our members is on the radio!
Monday 2nd November 2026 Time: 11:15am
Cost: Free
Sarah Thornton (member SJT) has just had her book about the weavers' riots released, and we will get the opportunity to hear her interviewed by Vic Minett on BBC Radio CWR next Thursday morning. Details about the book are also available on Sarah's website. From Sarah.... "A big thanks again to everyone who helped with the research back in 2020". If you don't have a radio handy, you can listen online using the link below.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/bbc_radio_coventry_warwickshire

Gunpowder Plot talk at Coventry Archives
Tuesday 3rd November 2026 Time: 11am
Cost: £7.50 per person, concessions £5
Forget Guy Fawkes. How Coventry was central to the Gunpowder Plot. Drawing on Coventry’s buildings such as the Hopkins Family owned Palace Yard; The Bull Inn on Smithford Street; Coombe Abbey and Catesby family. Peter Walters tells a fascinating story.
Email: archives@cvlife.co.uk Phone: 024 7623 7583