Portfolio of Topics
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“World’s Greatest LSD Bust” Parts One & Two
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A Humorous insight into a Criminal Trial
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An Audience with Dai Davies, Former Head of Royal Protection
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Contemporary policing in the UK
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Crime Thriller - True Stories of Murder Investigations
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Doing the Right Thing - Famous Whistleblowers
Famous Criminal trials at the Old Bailey
Gangs: Past and present
Historical accounts of how the British Monarchy have been subjected to attacks and incidents
Jack The Ripper
Life as a Victorian Bobby
My Career as Firefighter
Policing in a Middle East Setting
Policing in the 1970s – Rising to the Top
Princess Diana: The People's Princess & The Conspiracy Theories Unravelled
Problem of Fraud
Protecting Tony Blair & Margaret Thatcher
Psychology of Serial Killers
Royalty Protection - Scotland Yard's Specialist Protection Command
Stonehenge Illegal Pop festival
Story of Fingerprints
Tackling Serious & Organised Crime - The Elliott Ness Approach
The Fifth Man: an examination of Cambridge University’s International Spy Ring
The Homicide Detective
The Hunt for the Killer Raoul Moat - A First Hand Account
The Sweeney -Real Life Tales
The World of Fraud
Undercover Investigations - Serious & Organised Crime
Watching the Detectives: Cops on TV
'Why me' – On the Front Line of a Riot
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Apollo Explorers
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Astronomy - An Introduction
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Astronomy: A selection of fascinating talks, with excellent illustrationss
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Aurora Borealis: The Northern Lights
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Balanced Living: The Mind-Body-Spirit Link
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Bottoms Up: What We Drink and Why We Drink It
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Calcutta, past and present - the jewel in Queen Victoria's empire
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Collecting Swarovski Crystal
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Cruising with Christie…What Agatha Christie's Characters would have worn
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Designing the Perfect Garden
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Do not go gentle into that good night: The life (and death) of Dylan Thomas, National Poet of Wales
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Elvis Presley - the rise and fall of the King
Emma, Lady Hamilton
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Enemies of Rome
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English National Parks: the Jewels in the Crown
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Entertaining Stories from the world of High Finance
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Evolution of Beer Steins
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Fascinating World of Commemorative Plaques
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Fourth Estate: a history of the UK’s newspapers
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From the Amazon to Bourneville – The history of chocolate and Cadburys
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Fun Fairs: A Historical Perspective
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Gem stones & precious metals – their origins and use in jewellery
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Ghostly Galleons... True Tales of Haunted Vessels
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God, Gold and Glory: The Exploration of South & Central America
Goldsmithing - An Introduction
Gold Trade - 50 years Experience
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Great Actors
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Great British Entertainers
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Great Britons
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Great Cities of the Ancient World
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Great Entertainers
Great Klondike Gold Rush
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Great News Stories - By the former Editor in Chief of Britain's largest Regional newspapers
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Hey Diddle Diddle - The History & Meaning of Nursery Rhymes
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History of Ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece
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History of Broadcasting
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History of Names
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History of the Eurovision Song Contest
History of the Human body in classical Western Art
How to feel comfortable in any group situation
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Importance of being Oscar: the trial of Oscar Wilde
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Italian Lovers, German Mechanics, French Gourmands - Cultural Stereotypes, Fact or Fiction?
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James Bond – The Ultimate Action Hero
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Jerusalem: William Blake and England
Leonardo da Vinci- Anatomist - inside his mind- inside the body
Leonardo Da Vinci –“A 15th-century artist whose concepts & ideas anticipated 21st-century Radiology
Life & Times of Winston Churchill
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Lives of Laughter
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Lost Treasure Ships
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Mallory of Everest
Meanings of Words, Sayings and Rhymes
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Memoirs of a Globetrotting Travel Writer
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Memoirs of a Newspaper Hack
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Murder Mystery Nights
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Music of James Bond
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Panama Canal
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People Watching - Observing and Learning from Human Behaviour
Photography - a Selection of fascinating & Helpful Presentations
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Poets & Poetry
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Poets, Pirates and Pioneers... Interesting voyages and voyagers
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Pompeii and Herculaneum
Orkney Vikings – St Magnus Cathedral, Britain’s most northerly cathedral founded in 1137AD
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Real Pirates of the Caribbean
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Ringing the changes – Church bell ringing, with hand bell demonstrations (try it yourself!)
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Rise and Fall of Music Hall and Variety
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Robert Burns, Scotland’s imortal bard
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Rome: Heroes & Villains
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Rose City of Petra
Royal Scandals
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Secret Scandals of The Rich and Famous
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Secrets of Live Radio and Television
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Seven Wonders of the World, Ancient and Modern
Skara Brae – 5000 year old Neolithic village. Best preserved village in Northwest Europe
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Smelling Nice & Looking Good – the history of cosmetics and personal hygiene
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Stately Ghosts of England
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Story of Food: What We Eat and Why We Eat It
Sweet Peas – The Queen of the summer flowers
Testosterone-driven Hurricanes
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The Oregon Trail
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The Painter's Life (inc. Monet;Turner;Toulouse-Lautrec
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The Russians Are Coming (The Cold War)
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The Singer's Singer - Matt Monro by his Daughter
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The wonderful working sheepdog”
A Tour around the Human Body – fun & facts
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Tourism in the Ancient World
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Travel Photography
The Treasures of the Mary Rose – A Tudor Time Capsule
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Understanding social media
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Understanding Yoga and Ayurveda - India's model of health and well-being
Vesalius and Titian’s boys are the first “Evidence –based doctors” A renaissance quantum leap that benefits us all today
Vikings & Norse Mythology
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Why do some Musicals work – but others flop?
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Wordsworth, Coleridge and the Lake District: Revolutionary Tourists
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World's Finest Gardens
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“Your mummy told you not to talk to strangers!” - a humorous look at how to talk to strangers in any social setting
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Your Need More than a Pair of Sandals… Safe Ashore
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Amelia Earhart
Cold War in Germany
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Crimean War & Charge of the Light Brigade
Flying an Air Ambulance
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Gallipoli Campaign 1915
Helicopter Flying - How Not To Do It, a Survivor's Perspective
Hot Air Ballon Flighting
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Household Cavalry
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Humanity on the Battlefield, the Story of the Red Cross
Humorous Talk about Household Cavalry
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Stories of an Airline Captain
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The British Army on the Somme
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The History of the RAF, 1918 to 1939; Empire Air Policing.
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The Life and Times of T.E. Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia
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The Tudors
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World War One Centenary Talks - Talks covering many aspects of 'The War to End all Wars' inc The Somme, Snipers of WW1, A Soldier's Life in the Trenches, The War Poets
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A Hard Days work – 21st October 1805. The Battle of Trafalgar
Attention all shipping – the mysteries of the Shipping forecast
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Captain James Cook RN
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Heroes - Drake, Napoleon, Wellington and Marlborough
History of Scapa Flow - British Fleet base in WWI and WWII
Hospital Ships in the First World War and Second World War
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How your cruise ship is navigated
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Life & Times of Lord Nelson - a Seaman's Perspective of a Hero
Life Below Decks in the Royal Yacht Britannia
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Life in A Submarine - Stories from a Submarine Officer
The Mary Rose – Discovery, Recovery and Conservation
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Mutiny on the Bounty
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My 37 Years in the Royal Naval Reserve
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Naval Language & Naval Slang
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Nelson the Man
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RNLI, its history and roles today
RNLI – 190 Years of Life Saving
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Scott & Shackleton
Scuttling of the German High Seas Fleet
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Tall Ships, the golden age of sail
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The Battle of Jutland
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The Falklands Air War 1982
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The golden years of British ferries
The Treasures of the Mary Rose – A Tudor Time Capsule
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Evolution of Cruising
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BRITISH, AMERICAN, CANADIAN & AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATES:
Amazon
Australia & New Zealand
Atlantic Coast: Ireland, france, Spain, Portugal, Canaries, Azores, Maderia, Cape Verde
Baltic including St Petersburg
British Isles
Canada
China
Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok
Iceland and Norway
India
Malaysia
Mediterranean: Gibraltar, Spain, S. France, Italy (Venice), Adriatic, Sicily, Greece, Egypt, Middle East, N. Africa
ALSO ARTS & CRAFTS CLASSES AVAILABLE
How to Prepare & Deliver a Speech
Master of the Toast From Ancient Greece to Caeser's Palace - The Redcoats are coming!
Protocol & Tradition
Social Behaviour & British Etiqutte
Tales of a Lady Toastmaste
The City of London, Beadles & Livery Companies
Toastmastering - A What?
A Toastmaster's Anecdotes
Traditions of a British Toastmaster
What is it About Champagne?
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