Sky Blue City Walks

09/10/2026

RAF in Broadgate until Sunday

30/09/2026

I've been telling people there are "Over 240 schools, churches and other organisations..." for the last 5 years! I now realise I should be saying "Over 300"

This has been a bumper year for organisations joining the Community of the Cross of Nails (CCN). By the end of 2026, 18 churches and organisations and a further 5 schools will have become part of our network. This CCN Sunday we presented a cross of Nails to ABESA (Anglican Board of Education in Southern Africa).

As the world becomes less peaceful, we can feel that those who value peace and dream of reconciliation, want to join up with other people doing the same thing.

We look to our CCN partner Ammerdown Centre, who speak of the two hands of non-violence. One hand lifted in refusal to engage in the works of domination and evil. The other hand extended in relationship and a willingness to reconcile. We do not join in with evil. We do not pretend it isn’t happening and doesn’t matter. We resist and remember our interrelationship.

So the next time you open a newspaper, turn on your radio or TV, or pick up your phone, lean into love and remember that CCN Sunday reminds us that we are not alone in dreaming of peace and reconciliation.

Excerpts from Acting Dean Kate Massey's sermon this Sunday, read the full sermon at our Pondering Peace blog:

www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/thought-for-the-week/ccn-sunday-and-the-feast-of-st-michael-and-all-angels-2026

📷 Martin Williams

28/09/2026

Forgot to post this at the time, but last Friday, the latest Palmer Lane update, knocking down the next door building.

12/08/2026

Was just having a clear out and was about to delete some videos I recorded, but mostly didn't use for my original promo video in 2021. I now realise they are part of the archive of lost places....

04/06/2026

28/05/2026

Cathedral Ruins are being used for filming. Disgracefully they have been allowed to erect gazebos in Villa colours!

12/05/2026

Amazed that six months after it seemed like the work was finished at Palmer Lane, the barriers are STILL up! The floods in November did gouge out thr topsoil on the banks leaving gullies which haven't been filled in, and unbelievably there's no bin when it's designed for people to sit down and eat ot drink. No sign of any work going on for months. It could genuinely be that they've forgotten to remove the fences!

10/05/2026

** EXCITING TOWER UPDATE! **

After 18 months of being closed due to restoration work, we are delighted to share the Tower Climb is reopening on Saturday 23rd May!

Weather permitting it will be open Saturday 23rd, Sunday 24th and Monday 25th May from 11-3pm each day.

Then open every Sat and Sun after.

Tickets can be bought from the Tower Shop on the day:
www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/visit/see-and-do/tower-climb

08/05/2026

Coventry Transport Museum have a new collection. Most of it they were selling in the War Memorial Park on Monday, but today I became the first owner of one of their open top bus pin badges!

27/01/2026

Visit Coventry are asking for views on on their five year action plan.

They say: "Visit Coventry need your voice, expertise, insight, and perspectives to shape the development of a new five-year Tourism Action Plan for the city of Coventry."

"They want to represent all stakeholders so please do take just 10 minutes of your time to shape a collective future and complete the survey which will directly feed into the action plan for the city."

Here's the link and below is one of my answers!
https://survey.zohopublic.eu/zs/CKR0Op