Voices of Fleet Street

Join our panel of journalists as they take a joyous trip down memory lane to the heyday of Fleet Street. BBC foreign correspondent Humphrey Hawksley has reported on crises all over the world. Emma Lee-Potteris a journalist and novelist who wrote for the Evening Standard and Sunday Express in the 1980s and 1990s. The panelists will share their stories from the golden age of British newspapers with journalist and bestselling novelistWendy Holden.A cash bar will be available at this venue.Books Available
Signed copies of Namaste Geezer by Shekhar Bhatia
Signed copies of Man on Ice by Humphrey Hawksley
Signed copies of Man on Edge byHumphrey Hawksley
Signed copies of Intimate Audrey byWendy Holden
Signed copies of The Teacher of Auschwitz by Wendy HoldenThe Fleet Street Quarter Festival of Words 2026 is headline sponsored by Landsec & MYOAccessibility:
This venue is fully wheelchair accessible.
This venue is equipped with a hearing induction loop system.
Please let us know if you have any other accessibility or dietary concerns.About Fleet Street Quarter:
Fleet Street Quarter is a Business Improvement District championing one of Londons most iconic areas. Spanning Fleet Street and its surrounding destinations - including Chancery Lane, Holborn, Ludgate Hill and New Street Square - the Quarter is collaboratively being shaped into a vibrant place to live, work and explore. This is an area alive with innovation, vision and a rich cultural history a place where stories have always been born.Find out more:
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