JON GAUNT - exclusive interview with Coventry legend Mar 20 2008 He's come a long way, our Gaunty... more

Step back into the city's Working Men's Clubs Feb 12 2008 DURING the inter-war years Coventry’s clubs were multiplying as well as moving, like many of the city’s residents, into the new suburbs. Slum clearance programmes saw many people rehoused and they took with them enthusiasm for their clubs. more

Gaunty wants to be quizzed by his home crowd Jan 29 2008 HE'S OUTSPOKEN, hates yuppies, has a reputation as a right-wing ranter, and guess what... he wants to hear from you. more

Spies like us... Dec 21 2007 OUR mission, should we choose to accept it, was to investigate the offices of one of the nation’s biggest surveillance equipment suppliers and private investigation firms. more

Coventry explorer braved arctic weather, polar bears... and TV celebrities Nov 29 2007 Mark Wood was a guide on a Top Gear show attempt to reach the North Pole. In an exclusive interview, he talks to RICHARD ASHMORE about polar bear encounters, sharing a tent with Jeremy Clarkson, and a search for his own team of explorers... more

Coventry man's role in the rescue of sailors in Yangtze incident Nov 12 2007 Hidden Coventry gets a first hand account of one Coventry sailor’s incredible story of his part in a notorious chapter in British naval history when, in 1949, Britain sent the warship HMS Amethyst up China’s Yangtze River to protect her subjects in Nanking from attack by communist forces who were rising up during the country’s civil war. The incident, which saw 40 crewmen killed, including the captain, was later featured in the film the Yangtze Incident which had the title Battle Hell in America. more

Grand designs Oct 26 2007 THE rebuilding of Warwick after the Great Fire of 1694 was one of the triumphs of English urban design. more

INTERVIEW: Faye Tozer Oct 25 2007 Faye Tozer talks to Les Reid about filming Lady Godiva: Back in the Saddle, and reveals who it was who made her star struck... more

Remembering the Bablake old boys Oct 25 2007 MORE than 90 ‘old boys’ from Bablake School died during World War II and I have established that another 650 Coventry men served. more

Saved from the flames! Oct 18 2007 VISITORS to Warwick have much to look at. Our county town has a series of architectural set-pieces, from the world-famous castle rising cliff-like from the banks of the Avon to the timber-framed gables of Lord Leycester’s Hospital and the magnificent Beauchamp Chapel. more

The man who risked his life to save others Oct 11 2007 THIS week Hidden Coventry looks at the story of Brandon Moss who became one of the greatest heroes of the city’s blitz after he rescued survivors trapped in rubble. more

Climate change debate hots up Oct 5 2007 THIS week the Coventry Times Goes Green campaign explores the science behind climate change. Dr Jason Jordan, who lectures on the new climate change degree course at Coventry University, gives his opinion to RICHARD ASHMORE more

Tightening our belts on waste Sep 26 2007 This week the Coventry Times Goes Green campaign looks at how well our city is performing in the war on rubbish more

Go Green with the Times Sep 20 2007 For the next six weeks we will bring you features about the biggest environmental issues affecting Coventry people. more

Hidden Coventry Sep 20 2007 DEEP in the dungeons of the city police station there lies a fascinating and grizzly history of Coventry's criminal past. more

Film will put Coventry back on the map Sep 13 2007 FOUR years ago, ambitious Coventry kid Heath Jones decided he wanted to launch a film business. more

Pillars of Society Sep 13 2007 THEY come in all shapes and sizes, are a familiar part of any townscape and even have a colour named after them. They’re pretty indispensable though probably taken for granted, and Warwick has two rare Victorian ones. more

Tales to chill the soul Sep 12 2007 BEING a medieval city you would think that Coventry should have built up quite an impressive haul of hauntings by now. more

HIDDEN WARWICKSHIRE: Time to visit, with Mr Bisset Sep 12 2007 THE 19th century writer of verse James Bisset gets the credit for writing the first visitor guide to Leamington Spa. more

The floods could have been averted Aug 10 2007 WITH the recent floods still strong in the minds of those affected, retired civil engineer RICHARD WHIDBORNE has looked for reasons why Warwickshire is being hit so badly by the extreme flood waters. The Kenilworth man takes a fascinating look at the cause of the area’s floods and explores some simple solutions through the expert eyes of a civil engineer more

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