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Research: Public lectures & Talks

Public lectures & talks.

I am an experienced lecturer, available for both private and public talks and workshops on aspects of food and dining in the past. Talks and demonstrations can be given in or out of costume.

I have a set of ‘off the peg’ lectures (se below), but am also happy to tweak, tailor and write from scratch, so do contact me if you’re after a particular thing.

• October 11th: ‘Mrs Beeton’ (Balsham WI)
• October 25th: ‘Appearing to advantage’ English women and their dining tables (No. 1 Royal Crescent, Bath)
• November 18th: Tudor game day (Pendennis Castle)
• November 23rd: Dining with the Victorians (Bowdon DFAS)
• December 5th: Victorian game day (Audley End)
• December 8th: Christmas dinner from Edward I to Edward VII (Hampton Court Palace)
• December 12th: Le diner de Noel – de Edouard I jusq’au présent (Alliance Française, York)
  http://www.alliancedeyork.co.uk/index.php

Previous lectures include:

2010

• ‘Food and dining at Audley End’, English Heritage members’ event to be held at Audley End, February 2010
• ‘Mrs Beeton presents…’, talk (partly in character) for NADFAS  (Hereford branch), April 2010
• ‘How to get by at William III’s Hampton Court’, lecture for the Molesey Local History Group, May 2010
• 6th November 2010: 'Appearing to advantage': Englishwomen and their dining tables;
  A practical art: cooks, cooking and cookbooks in the (very) long Georgian period - Both talks part of a study day for the Shropshire Georgian Society, based around Maria Rundell’s New System of Cookery - Download Poster
• 13th November 2010: Innovation in Victorian Cookery – study day at Petworth House (NT) including lectures and cookery demo
• 20th -21st November 2010: English Heritage members’ talks at Audley End - Link to Site
• 27th November 2010: 'How d'you dig up food then? The archaeology of upper class dining c.1750-1900' for the West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service annual public day school, Royal Armouries, Leeds - Link to Site

2009

• ‘The Baroque Lifestyle’ lecture as part of an adult education day on ‘Treasures and Pleasures of the Baroque Palace’ at Hampton Court Palace. Jointly presented with Mark Wallis of Past Pleasures, 2009
• ‘Debating the Tudors and Stuarts: Women at the courts of Henry VIII and William III’, lecture and tour given to Birkbeck University on behalf of Past Pleasures for Historic Royal Palaces, 2009