News from the Coffin Works

Funeral Poverty

Laura Joyce, partner on our Arts Council funded ‘Dead Fashionable’ project, reflects on some of its teachings in the wake of Covid-19.   One of

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We’ve clocked its age at last!

Our clocking-in machine or ‘time recorder’ has been central to welcoming visitors since the Coffin Works opened in 2014. Visitors take their admissions tickets and

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Birmingham or Brummagem?

A Poem by Stephen Whyte Throughout the centuries Birmingham has been written many a way Since it was a settlement on the River Rea… Originating

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British History and Tradition

Our Christmas Traditions

As we all eagerly await the Christmas season and some much needed family time after a completely strange and unprecedented year have you ever thought

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Blogs

Dead Fashionable

Fashion designers have always looked to the past for inspiration. Dior’s ‘revolutionary’ New Look was inspired by the corseted waists and full skirts of the

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