The German president and the Duke of Kent are to lay a wreath at the ruins of the old Coventry Cathedral, which was destroyed by Nazi bombs in 1940. This year marks the 85th anniversary of the ...

German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited Coventry Cathedral on the last day of his state visit to the UK [PA Media] German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier has taken part in a wreath-laying ...

It took only five minutes for Scottish Architect Basil Spence, standing in the bombed-out shell of Coventry Cathedral one day in 1950, to conceive a design for the new cathedral. “I knew my task was ...

Meet Me in the Ruins is a new, diverse and dynamic piece of theatre created for Plumbline Festival – a year-long festival celebrating 100 years of Coventry’s Cathedral, in association with the ...

The Duke of Kent will visit the ruins of Coventry Cathedral alongside the president of Germany and his wife to commemorate the Coventry Blitz. Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Elke Budenbender will visit ...

On 14 November 1940, Coventry was hit with the most concentrated attack on a British city in World War Two. The German air raid involved almost 500 Luftwaffe bombers, dropping 500 tonnes of high ...

Work to stabilise the walls of the former Coventry Cathedral - which has been a ruin since it was bombed during World War Two - is set to start today. The £132,000 project will see plant growth ...

German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Elke Budenbender will land in the UK on Wednesday morning [Getty Images] The Duke of Kent will visit the ruins of Coventry Cathedral alongside the ...

German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier has taken part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the ruins of the original Coventry Cathedral. The city, including the cathedral, was heavily bombed by Germany's ...