Brilliant news for bookworms: Fleet Street’s literature festival is returning for 2026. The Fleet Street Quarter Festival of Words will be exploring how words shape our world all while celebrating its heritage as the home of London’s printing press. The first line from Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities is serving as the opening gambit for this year’s festival: ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.’ The full line-up of speakers for 2026 is yet to be revealed, but the programme will span 30 events which explore the age of ‘wisdom and foolishness’.
Full line-up and ticket information to be announced in March