by Fed Admin | Feb 26, 2026
From non-sailor to ocean racer (how I spent the money for a new kitchen on a sailing adventure How did a 52-year-old mother of two from Leamington Spa find herself signing up to race across the Atlantic as a crew member on a 70-foot racing yacht, having never sailed...
by Fed Admin | Nov 5, 2025
Paul is an Ordained Minster in the United Reformed Church with over 30years experience. Much of it serving as a chaplain at a large acute NHS Trust. He speaks with warmth and insight into bereavement, end of life care and the role of a funeral celebrant – sharing real...
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 19, 2025
Flipping the Script: A Fresh Way to Live, Love and Lead in Midlife Midlife is often seen as a time of loss, but it can be the greatest turning point of all. In this talk, I introduce my Paradigm Inversion Method — a refreshing approach that flips the old model of...
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 30, 2025
From Juliet Bravo to Jaipur – the Long Road Travelled Watching Juliet Bravo as a teenager sparked a powerful ambition in me: strong, no-nonsense women breaking boundaries — I wanted a part of that. Thirty years on, with a teenage son of my own and a career as a senior...
by Fed Admin | Jul 29, 2025
Maintaining Brain Health during middle age and beyond! The talk is presented with plenty of humour and zero medical jargon, this 40-minute talk shares simple, practical, and enjoyable ways to keep your brain healthy and active well into later life. I’ve given...
by Fed Admin | Jul 22, 2025
St John Ambulance CPR and Defibrillator session. How to use and access Public Automated External Defibrillators (AED), and how to perform CPR (Chest compressions) on an adult. We would require floor space to demonstrate using a Resusci Anne and training AED, and allow...
by Fed Admin | Jul 9, 2025
Warrior Queens & Trailblazing Women: The Historical Heroines of Warwickshire Join me on a journey into the lives of the bold women who helped shape Warwickshire and the ancient kingdom of Mercia! From queens and writers to rebels and revolutionaries, this talk...
by Fed Admin | Jun 19, 2025
Bits & Bobs This is an audience participation event. We bring a box of old items to pass around the group to see if they can guess or work out what they are etc. Many of the items came from my Grandparents village shop, small holding and...
by Fed Admin | Jun 17, 2025
History’s Deadliest Deaths. Discover the fascinating, yet grisly facts behind some of history’s most gruesome forms of execution, from the Brazen Bull to a good hanging! Dressing the Tudors: Merchants’ Style. This talk explores the fashion world of the Tudors, but...
by Fed Admin | Jun 17, 2025
The Songs and the Stories, The Big Garden Birdwatch (for January) & Songs of Winter & Christmas Julie Wigley is an award winning songwriter from Derby. Her songs have stories to tell, from family, to a ship’s cat on the Titanic and everything in between....
by Fed Admin | Jun 12, 2025
I currently have 11 Zoom talks available, my most popular talks have been ; ‘Tales of A Travel Rep’, Travels With My Daughter, ‘Naples- The Beauty & The Beast’, ‘The Bard’s Italy’ . Please contact me for the full list. ...
by Fed Admin | Jun 11, 2025
Running away to the circus, lions, camels and other animals Joseph Fossett is a member of the oldest circus family in the United Kingdom. Joseph has been training animals for over 35 years including lions, tigers, elephants, bears, horses and of course camels. Joseph...
by Fed Admin | Jun 10, 2025
The fun and creative art of Needle felting I will demonstrate and talk about the materials, tools and accessories required to create 3d and 2d Needle Felt projects. I will also bring along some finished pieces for display or for sale. I can also offer workshops for...
by Fed Admin | Jun 5, 2025
DAYLE ADAMS – Psychic Medium & End of Life Planner 2 talks available: Psychic Mediumship You are all psychic… use it to your advantage! As a full time international psychic medium, I educate others on their own psychicness and the importance of intuitive...
by Fed Admin | Jun 5, 2025
WHO CARES? The work of the Heart of England Carers Trust This talk gives a brief history of the organisation and how it all started with the TV series Crossroads. It covers who is a carer and what the Carers Trust offers to support carers.
by Fed Admin | May 20, 2025
1. How to Protect Your Wealth – Pension Plans and IHT , Bank of Mum and Dad and Care fees. 2. The Secrets of the Rich – Tax efficient investment
by Fed Admin | May 14, 2025
A Musical Life. An account of a professional career with live illustrations on the violin and viola. I am a trustee of Perkisound, a charitable music and recreation centre in Warwickshire that caters for autism and special needs. All fees will be donated to the...
by Fed Admin | Apr 29, 2025
Fostering in today’s society We run a small independent fostering agency in the area, and we are keen to raise awareness about fostering and some of the challenges that young people face today particularly around the impacts of social media. There are many...
by Fed Admin | Apr 22, 2025
1. Matilda and the Normans This talk covers seven important and influential women at the time of Norman England. Starting in 1027 with the birth of William the Conqueror to a peasant girl and ending with the accession of Henry 2nd, son of the Empress Matilda, in...
by Fed Admin | Apr 16, 2025
MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT For the past 30 years I have been performing with my Barbershop Quartet at various functions (W I , Rotary , Round Table , Weddings , Folk Festivals etc) With one of the quartet still working we are unable to take on any daytime bookings during...
by Fed Admin | Apr 16, 2025
How to Manage Back Pain and Sciatica Safely and Effectively Back pain is a common source of discomfort for many of us and yet there are always things we’re doing on a daily basis that will aggravate our back health. There are fundamental movements and considerations...
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 27, 2025
I offer 3 talks as follows: 1. How to Survive in a Toxic World – this interactive and informative talk includes a trip down Memory Lane and will get you thinking about the impact on our health of a world that has become increasingly toxic. I talk about the importance...
by Fed Admin | Feb 25, 2025
A Brief History of Feltmaking: 6,000 years of interlocking stories A fascinating insight to an ancient and worldwide craft. I take you from the frozen tombs of Siberia to central Asia and back to how feltmaking has developed into a contemporary craft in the Western...
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 | Feb 18, 2025
Artisan Wine Tasting We specialise in importing boutique wines from small, family-owned wineries in Italy. These wineries all grow their own vines and make high-quality, sustainable wines that you won’t find in the supermarket. We offer wine tastings from £20 per...
by Fed Admin | Feb 4, 2025
“All Change, All Change : The unexpected journey from TV to Trains!” Many of us know what it’s like when – completely out of the blue – life throws you a curved ball. That’s exactly what happened to me, just before Christmas 2020. Having spent almost 40...
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 3, 2024
My Life and Times as a Film Extra This is a 45-minute (plus Q&A for as long as you like) about what it means to be a film extra. It covers information about the industry and entertaining anecdotes, including me in various films/TV shows and generally about the...
by Fed Admin | Dec 3, 2024
Unless otherwise stated all talks are 45 minutes plus time for Q&A. They are all suitable for in person talks and online via Zoom. All talks are illustrated with a PowerPoint presentation. About the speaker: Dr Julia Phillips is Hon Senior Research...
by Fed Admin | Nov 24, 2024
My Life with Therapy Dogs I’ve been dealing with Therapy Dogs for over 25 years. I have met famous people, climbed high mountains and visited Crufts.
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 | Oct 16, 2024
Love to Move Programme and Singing for Health and Mind The Love to Move Programme This is an age and dementia friendly seated gymnastics programme and is specially designed to get older people moving and functioning better. The programme achieves this by carefully...
by Fed Admin | Sep 18, 2024
I can offer : Full Fashion Shows Styling Nights Packing the Ultimate Capsule Suitcase Full fashion shows are perfect for groups of 30 and over and your WI members will be the stars of the show as we create a fashion show for the season. Styling nights are a mini...
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 8, 2024
Mature Drivers Workshop for residents of Warwickshire by Rosalie and Sharon An informal chat about driving as we age, with hints, tips and information – even some reminders – of things to bear in mind when we drive. We realise what independence driving brings and want...
by Fed Admin | Jul 17, 2024
A Search and Rescue Team in Warwickshire! Ian Malins is chair of trustees and a Search Manager with the charity Warwickshire Search and Rescue. Most people have heard of Mountain Rescue, but few people know that the Warwickshire has its own Lowland Rescue Team....
