by Fed Admin | Dec 3, 2025
FREE ESTATE PLANNING TALK AND CONSULTATIONS Protect Your Assets • Plan Your Legacy • Stay in Control Join us for an informative and easy-to-understand session on Estate Planning, designed to help you protect what you’ve worked hard for and ensure your wishes are...
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 | 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 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 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 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 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 | 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
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 | Mar 13, 2025
The Art of Weaving This talk introduces weaving as an art form. I’ll provide a brief history of weaving and present internationally renowned women artists such as Anni Albers, Olga de Amaral and Shiela Hicks, who have all been significant figures in raising the...
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 18, 2025
‘Money mindset mastery – Making money work for you’ This session aims to help you build a healthy relationship with money and leave you with a greater sense of control around money and finances. We will discuss: What does money mean to you? Getting confident....
by Fed Admin | Jan 1, 2025
1. ‘Richard III – Mystery of the Bones in the Car Park.’ (I was part of the BBC team which reported on the whole story for BBC Leicester). I also include a little bit of light history – looking at what sort of a man Richard was. 2. ‘100 years of Auntie!’ a nostalgic...
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 | 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 15, 2024
Strong, Confident, and Radiant: A Holistic Approach to Beauty and Wellness Dr Hazel, Founder & Clinical Director of Dr Hazel Skin Solutions, is on a mission to help women feel their best—inside and out. As an aesthetic doctor, menopause specialist, and amateur...
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 20, 2024
What to do with heirloom jewellery you don’t wear and how to modernise it Do you have jewellery you’ve inherited or bought over the years, which isn’t your style? Or maybe you’re curious about how jewellery is made? In this talk Ruth will share: ● stories...
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 28, 2024
I offer 12 talks in total, including Dog Eat Dog, the life of an investigative news journalist (I was once one of these beasts); eight about the Civil War period (I recommend Female Spies, 14 Days: the story of the Siege of Leicester and the Battle of...
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 | Jan 18, 2024
Friendship Project for Children Interesting highly recommended lively talk about a small local Queens award winning charity supporting disadvantaged children in Warwickshire since 1986. Includes a short film shot by BBC, and a few slides about how charity started,...
by Fed Admin | Jan 18, 2024
The Work of a Magistrate My role as a Diversity & Inclusion Magistrate is to educate the general public on the work of a Magistrate and helping them to understand that anyone can apply from 18 to 70 years without having a university degree....
by Fed Admin | Dec 14, 2023
Cooking demonstrations to inspire and be creative with basic ingredients. Curry in a Hurry! – cooking on a budget food demo – one pot cooking Show how to make the most of store cupboard ingredients and simple swaps to create different dishes. Show how to make...
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 | Dec 13, 2023
1.The Mysterious Death of Amy Robsart Amy Robsart was found dead with a broken neck at the foot of a stone staircase in 1560. She was 28 years old. Popular opinion at the time held that her husband, Robert Dudley (later owner of Kenilworth Castle and Lord...
by Fed Admin | Nov 21, 2023
How to Manifest the Life of Your Dreams This talk includes: The reasons why we don’t achieve the goals we set ourselves An introduction to energy alignment How to release resistance to achieving goals using energy kinesiology A 7-day magic activation to align yourself...
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 | Nov 6, 2023
Hiking From Mexico To Canada alone in the Pandemic Up to 45mins, With pictures, I narrate the journey of how to hike across America whilst fat, forty-sob-sob-sob-something, female and funny. What animals and critters I had to deal with, the weather, the hardships, the...
by Fed Admin | Nov 6, 2023
Back Health, how to help yourself and how Chiropractic and massage can help you Chiropractor can discuss the importance of posture and mobility, especially as we age that often suffers. Pain is not a normal part of ageing! We can use different techniques to target...
by Fed Admin | Sep 26, 2023
Walking Land’s End to John O’Groats A talk describing my 3 month journey in 2025, walking 1337 miles from Land’s End to John O’Groats; accompanied by my husband, a friend, and my 2 Springer Spaniels, Sushi and Skittle.Journeying through England, Wales and Scotland;...
by Fed Admin | Jun 21, 2023
Warwickshire and Solihull Blood Bikes On how, as volunteers, we became established and have developed to provide a 24 hour 365 emergency motorcycle courier service of blood related products to local NHS hospitals. And how, as our reputation has grown, we have expanded...
by Fed Admin | Jun 21, 2023
The Fascinating World of Honey Bees and Beekeeping The talk is an informative and hopefully a humorous insight into the world of the Honey bee and Beekeeping. We cover a bit about my journey into beekeeping and the importance of bees in pollination. We also go through...
