Author : Chris Arnot

Chris Arnot has been a national freelance feature writer for 18 years. A regular contributor to the Guardian, he has also written for the Daily Telegraph , the Independent and the Observer. He has a monthly column in Candis Magazine, Starting in October, 2009.

A nice Nuneaton boy

By Chris ArnotPosted on July 28, 2009Posted in General Features

High-camp TV show host Larry Grayson is gone, but not forgotten. His home town is holding an exhibition to honour its most famous son. Chris Arnot reports

Ashes to ashes

By Chris ArnotPosted on July 4, 2009Posted in Guardian Work

Living with the fact that smoking kills comes with the job for Robert Emery. But, as he tells Chris Arnot, cigar smokers are a special breed

When the wheels came off the dream

By Chris ArnotPosted on February 25, 2009Posted in Guardian Society

Industrial relations Ford’s Dagenham plant – once the biggest factory in Europe, now a fallen giant – rolled out a rich social history alongside its ‘accessible’ cars. Chris Arnot looks back over 80 years and a struggle for workers’ rights and equality

King of the road

By Chris ArnotPosted on February 14, 2009Posted in Guardian Work

As the sticker on his cart says, Mike Yeomans keeps Coventry clean. It’s a healthy lifestyle, he tells Chris Arnot, apart from clearing up after dogs the size of ponies

‘I felt it was my duty to protest’

By Chris ArnotPosted on January 20, 2009Posted in Guardian Education

The Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe, tells Chris Arnot that speaking out for the Palestinians turned him into a pariah

A poor start

By Chris ArnotPosted on October 8, 2008Posted in Guardian Society

The epicentre of UK child poverty is in Birmingham, where children in 81% of families are affected, says a disturbing new report

Surface tensions

By Chris ArnotPosted on August 13, 2008Posted in Guardian Society

What happened to the hundreds who worked at Littleton colliery after the pit closed in 1993? Chris Arnot gets a preview of a new exhibition featuring photographs of and interviews with its former coal miners

Burton Bridge Inn, Burton upon Trent

By Chris ArnotPosted on March 28, 2008Posted in The Daily Telegraph

The beer travels 50 yards from brewery to pub tap at the Burton Bridge Inn in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire.

Snapshots of history

By Chris ArnotPosted on March 19, 2008Posted in Guardian Society

Home on vacation in 1972, a photography student saw that the essence of his Welsh town was about to be torn apart by redevelopment. Now the social significance of his images has been recognised. Chris Arnot reports

From their own correspondent

By Chris ArnotPosted on March 11, 2008Posted in Guardian Education