A few samples of my work

Guardian Society

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

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

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

To Hull and back

By Chris ArnotPosted on September 13, 2000Posted in Guardian Society

In the 1950s, the trawlermen made Hull a wealthy city. Often derided for their antics on land, today the men are regaining respect – and compensation for their lost industry. Chris Arnot reports

Fear of the truth

By Chris ArnotPosted on March 8, 2000Posted in Guardian Society

A contract has been taken out to kill a public servant. His crime? Persuading key witnesses to give evidence that helped convict a gang of thugs who beat a teenage boy to death. But this is not Sicily or the Bronx – it’s Bermondsey, south London. Chris Arnot meets up with Simon Hughes, the Lib – Dem MP who has been targeted by local gangsters