Description
This event, originally titled ‘Writing Arsenal’, took place on 28 March 2026. The information below is correct as of the publication date.
Football writers and Arsenal specialists Amy Lawrence (The Athletic and formerly The Guardian), John Cross (The Mirror) and Sam Dean (Telegraph) talk to journalist and actor Tom Watt about the business of writing about the club non-stop and from every perspective.
This event took place as part of Football Writing Festival: Arsenal Special – a day of talks, conversations and fun all about the British Library’s ‘local team’, Arsenal FC, currently favourites to win the Premier League. The event was co curated by Harshad Mistry and presented in association with Springboard Pictures.
Thumbnail image credit: Woolwich Arsenal F.C. Official Programme. Colindale; London, 1913. From the British Library archive.
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