Current Talks

Slide talks can be arranged for any group and can be tailored to your group’s needs in terms of length e.g. 15-20 minute summaries, 1 hour lectures  and all-day sessions. 

The selection of talks is given below. Please click on the heading for more information about the topic. 

History of London 

  • Tudor London
  • Stuart London
  • Georgian London
  • Victorian London
  • Edwardian London

The City of London

  • Inns of Court
  • Wren’s City Churches

London’s Theatres

  • “From Nell Gwyn to Willy Wonka” – A history of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
  • “The House that Stoll built” – A history of the London Coliseum

London’s Villages

  • Historic Greenwich
  • “Boxers, Bandits and a Blind Beggar” – A history of Bethnal Green
  • A History of Dulwich
  • The View from Richmond Hill

The Crystal Palace 

  • History of the Crystal Palace – 3 different talks
  • The Great Exhibition 1851

The Victorians

  • Victorian Leisure – and Pleasure
  • What the Victorians did for us

Personalities

  • Dr W G Grace – The Great Cricketer
  • Inigo Jones
  • Sir Christopher Wren
  • Dylan Thomas – Welsh Poet

Other talks

  • A Series of talks on life along the River Thames
  • A Christmas Miscellany – a selection of readings about Christmas