If you want an entertaining and informative talk I can provide one on a range of different topics and to suit the audience. My talks tend to be more than lectures - I usually provide illustrations and also bring along a range of items to enhance the experience. These may be original artifacts from the past, or replicas used in modern re-enactments. My professional expertise developed over many decades enables me to choose the best, and to ensure that my audience has a truly unique experience.

For an introduction to my philosophy and policy regarding fees, please follow the link to the left labelled Talks Advisory Notes.

For brief thoughts about talks I can offer, have a look at the list below, and follow the links.

New in 2010: Boil a Mouse in Urine - Tudor and Stuart Infant and Toddler care. Follow the link on the left marked ‘Boil a Mouse’

• The Birdlip Grave Group - the story of one of Europe’s most important groups of celtic iron-age items. Follow the Birdlip link.
• Personal recollections of a life in the history of Gloucester - a wander through my memory of thirty years and more working to protect the city’s heritage. Follow the Life in History link.
• The Gloucester Tables Set - the earliest intact backgammon set, and a masterpiece of 11th-century Romanesque art. Follow the Tables link.
• Games-Makers to the Empire - the story of the overlooked Gloucester-based company of  games-makers who claimed between the Wars to be the largest in Britain. Follow the Roberts Brothers link.
• The Siege of Gloucester - the story of the city that changed British history in 1643. Follow the Siege link.
• Some Aspects of the English Civil War west and north of Gloucester - a look at some of the events and evidence for the battles of Highnam, Highleadon, Hartpury and Redmarley Follow the Minor ECW Actions link.
• Mancala - a game to count on that has survived for thousands of years. Follow the Mancala link.
• Humpty Dumpty - the birth of a myth - the story of the link between Humpty Dumpty and the city of Gloucester in 1643. Follow the Humpty Dumpty link.
• A brief history of games - a gentle introduction to the way in which games have influenced people’s leisure in many ages and different areas.
• My life as Sir Watkyn Morgan - the story of re-enacting the period of the English Civil War. Follow the Sir Watkyn link.
• A Cabinet of Curiosities - do you know what these items are, or how they were used, and when? This is an ideal quiz, or simply a good way of testing your abilities as detectives.
• The Gloucester Tudor Doll - the story of a unique doll that travelled to Gloucester from Belgium in the period of Henry VIII. Follow the Curiosities link.
• The Enduring Vandal - the information to be gained by looking at graffiti and other ‘unofficial’ alterations to buildings and how they shed light on people and their behaviour in the past. Follow the The Enduring Vandal link.