The music was first performed in the city's Mystery Plays - medieval religious dramas based on Bible stories. The story ...

A Coventry woman who was just six at the time of the Blitz has recounted her harrowing story of the night - revealing her family would have been killed if they hadn't gone out to get fish and chips.

It's a day that Coventry will never forget. But as the years pass and many of those who were around to witness it are no longer with us, it's important to make sure a new generation understands the ...

After the Luftwaffe attack on Coventry, on 14 November 1940, a mass grave was dug to bury all the dead. There is no sound with this video. Coventry Blitz: Burying the dead. Video, 00:01:00Coventry ...

The German bombing of Coventry during the night of 14 November and morning of 15 November 1940 was so devastating, the Nazis coined a word for it. That term of propaganda was “coventrieren”, meaning ...

A new book charting stories of children during the blitz includes the story of a Coventry youngster. Blitz Kids, by Duncan Barret and Nuala Calvi has been released in time for the VE Day 80th ...

Volunteers are needed to help build a 20m (65.6ft) cardboard structure to mark the 85th anniversary of the Coventry Blitz in World War Two. Thousands of pieces will make up the temporary landmark, ...

A 97-year-old man has told how his family's air-raid shelter caved in on the night of the Coventry Blitz, leaving them buried before his father dug them out. "The air was foul with cordite, ...

The English Midlands city of Coventry has a rich architectural and governmental history and for centuries its name was indelibly linked with Lady Godiva, who in the 11th century reputedly rode naked ...