Coventry’s real lesson

WHEN Coventry was named the new city of culture, thrilled supporters said they wanted to ‘ celebrate youth and diversity’. how tedious.

Coventry has a fine history dating back to 700aD. Throughout the Middle ages it was one of the mostimportant cities in England.

During the Blitz, it survived being carpet-bombed, and the ruins of its cathedral — with a new one built within them — became a symbol of resistance and rebirth.

But then, the ‘yoof’ of today think the Blitz is what happens after your fifth pint of stella, and the Middle ages is when you reach 50.