DEREK WILSON - Public Speaker
Derek is available to address festival and society audiences on a wide range of topics within the realms of history, art and religion.
Subjects on which he is currently speaking:
The Historian as Storyteller
The Writing of History - Fact and Fiction
The Rothschild Dynasty
The Guinness Dynasty
Hans Holbein Junior *
Charles Stuart and Oliver Cromwell
Holbein's Dance of Death Engravings *
Elizabeth and Leicester *
Francis Drake's Circumnavigation *
The Whodunit - Past, Present and Future
Thomas More, Warts and All
What's the Point of History?
Henry VIII - Monster or Megastar *
Charles II *
The Much-Maligned Dudleys*
* PowerPoint presentations as requested

 

'Derek Wilson did an excellent job of communicating to a disparate audience.  His engaging style held hearers captivated by bringing the personalities of history to life.  He has a fine gift for clarity and cutting through the morass of extraneous detail to the salient points.'
- Richard Lee, Historical Novel Society
'All the audience were held captive by the talk you gave, it was so vivid.'
- Liz Froggett, Southwell Literary Dinner
'Story-telling?  Derek Wilson shows that this way of 'doing history', which was of course the way it all began, is still the best.  What makes Derek so good is the way that he combines this with a real empathy for his historical characters.  He reminds us that they were, quite simply, human, and not some abstractions from a book.'
- Dr. Rob Johnson, Historical Association
Every talk is tailored to the specific audience to which Derek Wilson is speaking.

 

Derek Wilson is well known on the festival circuit as an entertaining and provocative speaker.  His recent speaking venues include:
bullet Dartington Ways with Words Festival
bullet The Historical Association
bullet The British Library
bullet English Heritage History in Action Festival Kirby Hall, Corby
bullet Southwell Literary Dinner
bullet The National Maritime Museum
bullet The British Museum
bullet Lancaster Literature Festival
bullet Heffers, Cambridge
bullet Waterstones, Tunbridge Wells 
bullet Waterstones, Stratford on Avon 
bullet National Army Museum  
bullet Methvens, Windsor 
 

Click here for a list of subjects on which DerEk is currently speaking

He is frequently called upon to lead writers' workshops and seminars

For details of Derek Wilson's AVAILABILITY as a SPEAKER contact him on:

e-mail: enquiries@derekwilson.com