Lectures
Please get in touch if you would like to book me for a lecture. I have lectured to large and small audiences near and far away. My talks are well illustrated and I can make sure the talk is relevant to your geographical area if you prefer.
Upcoming lectures:
Wednesday 11th June, 2025. A day of talks and tours at Spetchley Church, Worcestershire, with the Churches Conservation Trust.
Tuesday 28th October, 2025. Talk on Magical House Protection for Tewkesbury Museum. The talk will be at Tewkesbury Baptist Church on Station Road, GL20 5DR, 7pm, £4 entry on the door.
Past lectures:
Saturday 12th April, 2025. Speaking at Hidden Charms 5, St Fagan's Museum, CF5 6XB.
Wednesday 5th February 2025. Talk on Magical House Protection. Golden Valley History Group, Dorstone Village Hall, Herefordshire - 7pm. Non members welcome.
Saturday 7th December, 2024 - 7pm. Talk on 'Hidden Charms and Witch Bottles', for Dunster Winter Festival at the Exmoor National Park Centre, Dunster, TA24 6SE.
Saturday 26th October, 2024 - 7pm. Talk on Magical House Protection, Tamworth Castle, B79 7NA.
Saturday 7th September,2024 - 2pm. Talk on Magical House Protection, Ryedale Folk Museum, YO62 6UA.
Saturday 8th June, 2024 - 7pm. Talk on Magical House Protection, Script Haven, High Street, Worcester, WR1 2HW.
Thursday 28th March, 2024 - 7pm. ASSAP webinar. Talk on Protection Marks.
Saturday 25th November 2023 - 11am, 'Protection Marks' talk - Muchelney Abbey, Somerset.
Friday 13th October, 2023 - Talk on Magical House Protection, Tanners, Bridgenorth, 7pm.
Saturday 9th September, 2023 - Talk on Protection Marks, Towneley Hall, Burnley, Lancashire, 2pm.
Friday 11th August, 2023 - 7pm, 'Protection Marks in Worcestershire and Beyond', at The Almonry Museum, Evesham.
Wednesday 19th July, 2023 - 7pm, Witch-Bottles: New Evidence and New Ideas, online lecture for Treadwells, tickets here.
Wednesday 10th May, 2023 - Staff event at Tanners, Shrewsbury.
Saturday 15th April 2023 - Hidden Charms 4, National Centre for Early Music, York.
Sunday 2nd April 2023 - Weird Weekend North 2023, Warrington.
Friday 31st March 2023 - Toolbox talk for contractors, Towneley Hall, Burnley.
Wednesday 22nd Feb, 2023 - for University College Cork students, online.
Saturday 21st January 2023 - 'Protection Marks' talk - Muchelney Abbey, Somerset.
Thursday 19th January 2023 - Talk on Magical House Protection, Tanners, Shrewsbury.
Monday 31st October 2022 - Dried Cats & Other Concealed Objects, Dinefwr - National Trust, Wales.
Thursday 8th September 2022 - Last Tuesday Society, online lecture on Witch-Bottles.
Saturday 3rd September 2022 - Talk on Magical House Protection + guided walk up Pershore Abbey Tower. St Andrew's Parish Hall, WR10 1DW.
Saturday 27th August 2022 - Centre for Folklore Myth & Magic, Todmorden.
Thursday 18th August 2022 - ASSAP Webinar, online lecture on Horse Skulls.
Saturday 30th July 2022 - Blackthorn Border Morris Folk Festival, Yarcle Cyder Co., Grove Farm, Yarkhill, Herefordshire, HR8 2TY.
Thursday 7th July 2022 - Last Tuesday Society, online lecture on Magical Protection Marks. Watch here.
Thursday 25th November 2021 - Last Tuesday Society, online lecture. Tickets here & view recording
Saturday 20th November 2021 - Worcester Archaeology Day, The Hive, Worcester.
Thursday 11th November 2021 - ASSAP webinar.
Saturday 2nd October 2021 - Hidden Charms 3, St Mary's, Chester.
Thursday 23rd September 2021 - Concealed Objects in Churches, part of the Churches Conservation Trust lunchtime lecture series.
Thursday 24th June 2021 - Protection Marks, part of the Churches Conservation Trust lunchtime lecture series. watch the lecture here.
Monday 7th December 2020 - 'Putting Magic in its Place' symposium, Keble College, Oxford. In collaboration with English Heritage.
Friday 15th May 2020 - Online lecture for the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.
Thursday 23rd April 2020 - Webinar for Churches Conservation Trust staff - not open to the public.
Saturday 18th April 2020 - Apotropaios lecture via Zoom.
Thursday 20th February 2020 - Dept Archaeology & Heritage Studies, School of Culture & Society, Aarhus University,
Denmark.
Sunday 24th November 2019 - Event at Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh.
Saturday 23rd November 2019 - Haunted Landscape at Conway Hall, London.
Wednesday 20th November 2019 - Lecture for A-level students at BMET in Sutton Coldfield.
Thursday 31st October 2019 - Short graffiti tours at Spetchley Church, Worcs for the Churches Conservation Trust.
Saturday 19th October 2019 - 'Witch - History & Legacy' event in Todmorden, West Yorkshire.
Friday 13th September 2019 - Oswestry and Border History & Archaeology Group.
Saturday 14th September 2019 - Pentre, Bronygarth. Heritage Open Day.
Sunday 30th June 2019 - Book Launch Event with lecture and Pershore Abbey Tower Tour.
Wednesday 10th April 2019 - The Henry Moore Institute, Leeds.
Saturday 1st December 2018 - Museum of Witchcraft & Magic, Boscastle, Cornwall, for the Friends AGM.
Saturday 13th October 2018 - Heritage Eastbourne, Town Hall, Eastbourne, East Sussex. Autumn Series.
Sunday 17th June 2018 - Friends of Kenwood, Kenwood House, London.
Thursday 7th June 2018 - International Conference: European Values in National Heritage, Palace of Culture in Iasi, Romania.
Saturday 21st April 2018 - Hidden Charms 2 conference, Medieval Hall, Cathedral Close, Salisbury.
Thursday 26th October 2017 - Knole, NT, Kent.
Tuesday 27th June 2017 - Live webinar for the Ancient Origins website.
Friday 7th April 2017 - Tewkesbury School. For A-level students studying the history of witchcraft. Not open to the public.
Saturday 18th February 2017 - Lauderdale House, Highgate, London.
Saturday 2nd April 2016 - Hidden Charms Conference, Town Close Auditorium, Norwich Castle.
Friday 30th October 2015 - Institute for Historic Buildings Conservation, Long Crendon.
Thursday 29th October 2015 - Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), London.
Saturday 18th May 2013 - Museum of Witchcraft, Boscastle, Cornwall.
There have been many other lectures prior to this date...
Please get in touch if you're interested in booking me for a talk - [email protected]