Coventry – Helen Glynn Jones

The Loss Of Touch In A Post-Covid World

I attended a funeral on Wednesday for a dear family friend, someone I’ve known my whole life. He didn’t die of Covid; rather, of old age and ill health and a broken heart. He did die alone, though, except for nursing staff, his friends and family unable to visit him in his final weeks. Still,Continue reading “The Loss Of Touch In A Post-Covid World”

A Coventry Win, And A Guardian Article – Happy Weekend!

If you’ve read my Author Bio, or my About page, you’ll know that I grew up in Coventry, England. My family have deep ties to the City and most of them still live there, so I visit often. When I returned to the UK in 2012, I spent my first six months back in theContinue reading “A Coventry Win, And A Guardian Article – Happy Weekend!”

Thursday Doors – St Mary’s Guildhall, Coventry

This lovely building is St Mary’s Guildhall, located in Coventry, England. Built around 1340, reputedly partly from the stones of the castle previously on the site, the Guildhall is a wonderful example of a medieval building. It also contains some rather fabulous doors. This is probably one of the newest doors in the building, mostContinue reading “Thursday Doors – St Mary’s Guildhall, Coventry”

Thursday Doors – When Is A Door Not A Door?

Sorry, I don’t have a snappy punchline 😀 Instead I have a door – or, to be more precise, a doorway. The door is long gone, the doorway bricked over and its only ornament a crown of green. But once there was a door here, probably nine hundred years or so ago. This is theContinue reading “Thursday Doors – When Is A Door Not A Door?”

Thursday Doors – NatWest Building, Coventry

These rather impressive stainless steel doors are the secondary entrance to the NatWest Building on Hertford St in Coventry. According to Historic England, the NatWest building was constructed in 1929-30, and you can see an Art Deco influence in both the ornate door panels and the stone decoration on the arch. The icons on theContinue reading “Thursday Doors – NatWest Building, Coventry”

Wednesday Wander – Ford’s Hospital, Coventry

This week I am wandering to the city where I grew up. Coventry, in the Midlands, is a city with a long history. It is where Godiva rode the streets naked, where the original Peeping Tom first looked at what he shouldn’t, where kingmakers, nobility and powerful abbeys once ruled together. It’s where the phraseContinue reading “Wednesday Wander – Ford’s Hospital, Coventry”