Here’s a nicely evocative couple of shots from the Reg Bull collection of photographs. These photos are nicely catalogued with dates, but here there’s a rather blatant clue as to ...
According to the Nuneaton Chronicle of November 2nd 1951, you could see Robin Hood of Texas. Now, I thought I knew my myth and legend, but I don’t know this version! ...
Rupert Brooke’s father William was a teacher at Rugby School who ran his home, 5 Hillmorton Road, as a boarding house for boys from the school. This is where Rupert ...
These images might seem more appropriate for Hallowe’en, but our autograph book with a twist is a charming way to think of friends, past and present, as the festive season ...
There are quite a few months to go before the glittering and glamorous ball season begins in Vienna. A city famous for its art, architecture and music, Vienna lays claim ...
In the first part of this article I discussed the history of the Prince of Wales theatre, Nuneaton, from its opening night to its demolition. Now we shall have a ...
It has been a very theatre-friendly year, what with the 400 year anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, and having discovered this treasure at the Warwickshire County Record Office I thought it would be ...
Jessamine Victoria Bradley was born in Derby on 25th May 1897. She was the daughter of William Edge Bradley, a clerk for the Midland Railway, and Louise Violet Squirrell, who ...
This striking sculpture, at the time of writing, stands outside Coventry Cathedral. The British Ironwork Centre started a campaign ‘Save a Life, Surrender your Knife’ in 2014 and commissioned this ...
On Saturday 16th July 1881, the three local lodges of the Ancient Order of Druids in Nuneaton celebrated their centenary with a fete and gala in a field lent by ...
Today we may be more familiar with the concept of a drag queen, but drag kings (or ‘male impersonators’) have a history dating back over the centuries. Performers such as ...
The review and performance may have been written 160 years ago, many of the stylistic presentations of the story may have altered but, ultimately, what actually changes in 160 years?