Talks

I am an approved speaker for the Federation of Essex Women's Institutes (FEWI), and am happy to carry out history talks for a range of groups in Essex and south Suffolk within a 30 minute drive of Colchester.

In addition to doing talks for WIs, I have been booked as a speaker at Friendship Clubs and Townswomens Guilds, and can also speak at local history groups.

My fee for any talk is £35, plus mileage (WI country mileage rate is 45p per mile).

To find out more about the talks I offer, see below or download the PDF.

Unlucky Princesses

Not all princesses live happily ever after. Some were murdered by their husbands. Some died on their way to the wedding. Some lived in misery in a foreign land, surrounded by people who hated them for their birth country.

Nancy, Noor, Christine: Three Women of SOE

Special Operations Executive (SOE) operated in occupied countries during the Second World War. It surprises many that women were active SOE agents, helping fight back against Nazism.

This talk looks at three of those women; Nancy Wake, Noor Inayat Khan, and Christine Chilver.

Almost Kings: The Men and Boys Who Never Got a Crown

History is littered with would-be heirs to the throne. In a world without antibiotics or vaccines, death stalked royal nurseries or felled even the healthiest of young men.

And some were even murdered to prevent them getting their crown!

Two versions of this talk are offered, one focusing on the English monarchy, and the other on various European royal families.

Almost Queens

What does a Princess do? Marry an heir to the throne, eventually become Queen.

But fate can intervene! Sometimes your Prince Charming dies. Sometimes he decides to divorce you. And occasionally you find yourself at the sharp end of a sword!