by Fed Admin | Mar 4, 2026
Angus Baskerville is an award-winning professional magician and mind reader with over a decade of experience performing across the UK and internationally. A member of the prestigious Magic Circle since 2020, Angus combines illusion, psychology, and storytelling and...
by Fed Admin | Feb 17, 2026
We are Phil and Kate, a local husband-and-wife team who, quite unexpectedly, found ourselves starting a completely new creative chapter later in life as independent children’s book publishers. What began as simple bedtime stories to help Kate through a period of...
by Fed Admin | Aug 27, 2025
Spreading The Word – Life as an Author What’s it like to be a newly published author? My talk covers my writing process, inspiration and journey to publication, looking at the highs and lows of starting a new career as a writer in my 50s. I will read extracts from my...
by Fed Admin | Aug 12, 2025
I have a range of talks all focussing on fashion and social history, the full selection with descriptions are available at meridithtowne.co.uk New for autumn 2025: May Morris & The Glasgow Girls (Arts and Crafts fashion) Romance in the Raj Festive Fifties Sewing...
by Fed Admin | Aug 5, 2025
Retired British Airways Pilot From council house to cockpit, John’s journey through aviation is peppered with hilarious anecdotes, near misses, and the kind of stories that’ll keep you reading late into the night. A man with a story to tell – and the wit...
by Fed Admin | Jul 24, 2025
Muck, Grime, & Sweat Muck, Grime, & Sweat is the first installment of a firefighter’s tale, as Darran Gough first steps into the uniform which will play a starring role in his life for the next 40 years. Darran Gough was a child of the swinging ’60s,...
by Fed Admin | Apr 3, 2025
1.How to write a memoir – your own, or for a family member. Everyone has memories and stories that their family are likely to enjoy discovering, and the art is in capturing the detail … and finding the confidence to get started. I have professionally...
by Fed Admin | Feb 25, 2025
1. Sweat & Mugs & RocknRoll: Attracted by the magic of stardust and a desire to avoid the 9-5, Steve Pottinger fell into work in the music business instead. He started out as local crew, unloading and re-loading trucks and helping to set up shows. He now works...
by Fed Admin | Dec 19, 2024
I have 13 different talks which are as follows: Rhyme nor Reason 1, 2, 3, and 4, anthologies of amusing songs, poetry, film clips and stories. ‘Tis the season 1 and 2 Christmas themed as above Ghoulies and Ghosties, Hallowe’en themed as above. Picture This 1 and 2...
by Fed Admin | Dec 18, 2024
FAMILY HISTORY – Talk 1) MAKING A START. Aimed at people not familiar with family history but who may take an interest after my talk. Or, those who are interested but don’t know where to start. Talk 2) MORE THAN JUST A LIST OF NAMES AND DATES. Aimed at those who...
by Fed Admin | Dec 4, 2024
Rosemary offers 5 different talks – 1/ Researching a historical fiction novel – Have you ever wondered how much research an author does or what sources they use? How important is it that historical fiction is factually correct and what does an author do if they...
by Fed Admin | Nov 7, 2024
TRUE CRIME TALES A wide range of historic true crime cases, from the internationally well known to local cases, including but not limited to: THE TRUTH ABOUT JACK THE RIPPER (the real story of the Whitechapel murders of 1888) THE WATCHMAKER’S REVENGE (1880 case of a...
by Fed Admin | Sep 5, 2024
A Thousand Faces – The Untold Story of the Face We all have one, and we see them every day on other people, but what is a face? They can reflect a thousand expressions, yet what do they tell us? And the only one we never see in the flesh is our own – how strange...
by Fed Admin | Aug 27, 2024
Talk 1: My Poetry Journey – Life as a Full-Time Poet Talk 2: Poems That Changed the World Talk 3: The History of Chatterbox Magazine My Poetry Journey – Life as a Full-Time Poet – How I became a poet (from childhood books to being published) – What does being a...
by Fed Admin | Jun 18, 2024
AUTHOR SC SKILLMAN (SHEILA ROBINSON): TALKS TO GROUPS Paranormal Warwickshire Real-life stories of ghosts and spirits, tales of haunted places, supernatural happenings, and shadowy presences in Shakespeare’s County of Warwickshire. Illustrated Tales of Warwickshire...
by Fed Admin | Feb 21, 2024
Call me Auntie – My Childhood in Care and My Search for My Mother ‘Call me Auntie’ is Anne’s first book. It tells her story of being left behind by her mother as a baby and her childhood in a loving foster home followed by a ‘Heartbreak House’ care home. She wrote her...
by Fed Admin | Dec 13, 2023
No Way Home – a memoir in the making My book is called ‘No Way Home’ -a biography/memoir which tells the story of my German mum and her sister in the aftermath of WW2 in Germany.I translated their diaries from 1945 in which they tell of their 12 month separation...
by Fed Admin | Nov 15, 2023
Talk 1 – Life’s Good, It’s the disease that’s the problem When you care at home for a loved one with a terminal condition, it’s demanding and challenging. It also a very precious time. In November 2017 Hazel’s husband was diagnosed with motor neurone...
by Fed Admin | Jun 21, 2023
MASQUERADE – The History of Masks WHERE THERE’S A QUILL THERE’S A PLAY – a light-hearted look behind the Bard THE REPAIR SHOP & ME DENMAN – Our lost Jewel LETS ALL GO TO THE MUSIC HALL – History and Singalong
by Fed Admin | Jun 21, 2023
* NEW* The Art of Enchantment Entertaining. Inspiring. Magical. As a professional performance storyteller, Cat has been enchanting audiences internationally for twenty five years. How does she do it? How can we overcome nerves to be more confident speakers? And why...
by Fed Admin | Jun 21, 2023
The Agony & Ecstasy of a canal hotel boater I was a hotel boater and audiences are enthralled by the story I tell. Talks are interactive and include 2 songs The life of the wife and family of a canal boatman People are fascinated by the life led by families on...
by Fed Admin | Jun 21, 2023
Peter has written 2 books- and offers 4 talks – The Little History Of Coventry (2019) reprinted 2021 Remembering Coventry 1914-1918 (2016) The Gunpowder Plot and Coventry Coventry characters, including John Rastell, William Wyley and Sir Joseph Paxton. Made In...
by Fed Admin | Jun 21, 2023
My latest book: Coronation Streets, England then and now Written and published between the death of the late Queen and the crowning of her son, it’s about how much lief has changed for ‘ordinary’ people in the intervening 70 years.
by Fed Admin | Jun 21, 2023
Please refer to website for full list on www.talksandwalks.co.uk Wicked Women from Warwickshire Feisty Females Drainpipe Trousers to Rock `n Roll (life in 1950s) Curious Clerics from Warwickshire Cross Your Fingers (Folklore, traditions & customs) Inn Signs It...
by Fed Admin | Jun 21, 2023
I’m a poet, but not as you know it! Humorous, thought provoking, philosophical, Poetry, Limericks, Stories and Songs
by Fed Admin | Jun 21, 2023
The SHAZAM! Show – Based around my best-selling local book, this is an amusing and nostalgic look at the old picture palaces. A 65 slide journey through the myths and fun of the pictures with emphasis on the wonderful Regal Cinema in Evesham. The Trouble with...
by Fed Admin | Jun 21, 2023
From Coventry to Hollywood. Marie talks about the life-changing experiences which led her to a fulfilling career in the film industry. This includes fascinating stories and anecdotes from casting actors in films such as Good Morning, Vietnam, Rain Man and Disclosure....
by Identity | Jun 20, 2023
Rhyming Poetry to Make you Think & Laugh I will be delighted read selections of my Poetry from all of my three Poetry books and beyond. Chapter titles include: Days of Yore – Early recollections of home and school. The Middle Ages – First Love / Drive on the road...
by Identity | Jun 20, 2023
Murder & Mayhem Best-selling novelist talks about her experiences in the publishing industry and the challenges of writing detective fiction in the modern age.
