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TV, Radio and Theatre
Paul Atterbury is a speaker with after lunch speaker agency Easy Speak

Paul Atterbury
Talks about: Ceramics, The Victorians and the Edwardians, Behind the scenes at the BBC Antiques Roadshow. MORE

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Valerie Leon
Talks about: Her career during the golden era of British TV and film including being a  Hammer Horror star, twice Bond girl and six times Carry On girl. MORE

Hilary Kay is a speaker with after lunch speaker agency Easy Speak

Hilary Kay
Talks about: Her long and fascinating career in antiques and her experiences as a long-standing expert on The Antiques Roadshow. MORE

John Benjamin is a speaker with after lunch speaker agency Easy Speak

John C. Benjamin

Talks about: His successful career in jewellery including work on the BBC's The Antiques Roadshow. MORE

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Lesley North
Talks about: This well-known actress and dancer gives an entertaining compilation of poems, articles and short stories celebrating women in suburbia.  MORE

after lunch speakers, music club speakers, literary club speakers
after lunch speakers, music club speakers, literary club speakers
Brian Freeland is a speaker with after lunch speaker agency Easy Speak

Susan Orringe
Talks about: Her career in antiques and fine art including appearances on several BBC TV programmes.  MORE

Ginny Davis
Talks about: A light-hearted look at criminal sentencing and being a former barrister turned sell-out writer and performer of one-woman plays based on modern family life.  MORE

Brian Freeland
Talks about: A lifetime working in British theatre both as a director and playwright. MORE

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Vanessa Miles
Talks about: Her famous family and her own acting and broadcast career which to date has included work for LLBC, Capital Radio and Sky TV. MORE

NIgel Rees is a speaker with after lunch speaker agency Easy Speak

Nigel Rees

Talks about: Career as a journalist and radio presenter including being the deviser and front man for Radio 4's Quote...Unquote. MORE

Musical Experts and Musicians
For bookings call 01424 444385
after lunch speakers, music club speakers, literary club speakers
after lunch speakers, music club speakers, literary club speakers
after lunch speakers, music club speakers, literary club speakers
after lunch speakers, music club speakers, literary club speakers

James Mitchell
Talks about: Being an opera singer, the magic of musicals, Howard Keel, teaching singing. MORE

David Pickard
Talks about: His amazing work as the Artistic Director of both Sussex's Glyndebourne opera house and The Proms . MORE

Iain Sutherland
Talks about: His stellar career as a conductor with the BBC working with stars such as Nigel Kennedy and Nicola Benedetti. MORE

Nicolas Chisholm MBE
Talks about: His long career spent working with violinist Yehudi Menuhin running his eponymous school.  MORE

Comedy
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after lunch speakers, music club speakers, literary club speakers
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Tony Harris
Talks about: Tony is a comedian, raconteur and actor who does historical talks with an hysterical twist.  MORE

David Mitchell
Talks about: Being one of the UK's most famous town criers and his work as the official town crier in Chester. MORE

Pam Ayres
Talks about: Pam reads poetry in her now famous style in an evening of delightful humour. MORE

Lady Crabtree
Talks about: Lady Crabtree is the comic creation and 'aristocratic' TV and radio regular 'lady' Paul James.

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Eliza McClelland
Talks about: Eliza is an actor and gives fun-filled talks for great parties. 'Christmas , women or beadwork!'.  MORE

Experts and Historians

Helen Rufus-Ward
Talks about: Art history and art including include Late Antique, Byzantine and Medieval art. MORE

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Graham Short
Talks about: His much-publicised career and fame as a miniature engraving artist. MORE

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Mervyn Edgecombe

Talks about:  HIs many and fascinating years spent as a high-flying journalist working on Fleet Street. MORE

Alan Mason
Talks about: Being a garden designer; A Gardener's Life, Gardens of Europe, Creating a Garden for You. MORE

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Amanda Bryett
Talks about: Her career and experiences as one of the UK's leading vaccination experts.  MORE

Michael Laikin
Talks about: His a long and fascinating career in antiques and furniture that started during the 1960s. MORE

Nikki Parmenter
Talks about: Nikki is a renowned textile and mixed media artist who has recently used her art form to highlight the problem of plastic pollution in our oceans. MORE

Terence Henderson
Talks about: His experiences as a pilot and in particular being a captain on Concorde. MORE

Captain William Wells
Talks about: A vast range of different subject but all connected with his maritime career. MORE

Patricia Wright
Talks about: 'Strange History of Buckingham Palace, Royal London, Medieval Ancestors'. MORE

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Leslie Gilham
Talks about: Being an auctioneer and fine art consultant, author and expert on fine art. MORE

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Lindsay Whitehouse

Talks about: His experiences as a prison officer and media commentator on service. MORE

Michael Leach
Talks about: Being one of Europe's most renowned and widely published wildlife photographers. MORE

Peter Barratt
Talks about:  Suffragette Alice Hawkins and her role in women gaining the vote 1918, a talk he gave in Parliament last year . MORE

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Diane Burstein
Talks about: All things London including its history, theatre, artists, areas and famous shops. MORE

Iain Kennedy
Talks about: A range of historical subjects including the Suez and Panama canals and the 'Real Pirates of the Caribbean', ... MORE

Canon Dr Anne Davison
Talks about: Anne is particularly interested in the connection between today’s events and world history ... MORE

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Suzanne Morgan
Talks about: Her fascinating career as a pawnbroker, hairdresser and spinal injury survivior. MORE

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Steven B Bruce
Talks about: His life as a fine art auctioneer plus how to browse antique shops and sorting jewels from the junk. MORE

Famous Connections

Barry Johnston
Talks about: Being the son of cricket commentator Brian Johnston and his own amazing career in radio. MORE

Lucinda Hawksley
Talks about: Her knowledge and experiences of being a Dickens expert, author and his great, great, great grandaughter. MORE

Colin Alderson
Talks about:
Cooking for the Queen and other members of the Royal Household during his many years working for them. MORE

Extraordinary endeavours

Sue and Victoria Riches
Talk about: Their adventures during an epic crossing of the Arctic, part of a ground and record-breaking team. MORE

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Paul Braithwaite
Talks about: His extraordinary climbing career on the mountains of Europe and beyond and, most famously, Everest. MORE

Paul Gillingham
Talks about:
His extraordinary travels by bike across South America and Europe as well as his broadcasting and other careers. MORE

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