WW2, a clear evening, coventry in the midlands receives one of the most horrific bombings that the country has seen in one fell swoop.

This, and this solely is the reason why coventry is so much of a dump today. However it is not the distruction caused by the bombers in the 40s, but the rebuilding job that followed which makes it so ugly. For some reason, now that all the beautiful tudor houses leaning over the streets were gone, they decided to rebuild coventry from concrete, and that only.

The only nice part (for me) is the cathedral area, where you can see the old cathedral which was bombed to ruin in the war, and the new cathedral, which is a pioneering work of genius. With wondows in it, paid for by the Germans, as a tribute to those who died.

If you go to Coventry, to see anything acceptable, you must come here.