An IT Consultant in real life, with knowledge of history and architecture & design.

My original amateur interest in the madly-Gothic St. Pancras over several years led to closer involvement, and eventually being asked to comment on the planning application for the restoration of the Victorian Gothic buildings.

I was asked to do a talk about my interest for a local library. Then a local history society. And a W.I. And because speaker finders talk to each other, suddenly I was doing a talk a month!

I don't do online talks; I'm not a natural small-screen presenter: I wave my arms around too much which looks mad. I also like meeting real people.

The talk fee is £100, which within 30 miles of Nottingham includes travel. I'm happy to travel anywhere, adding train fare or petrol at basic cost; I've done the talks in North and South London, Bucks, Manchester, the West Midlands, Yorkshire.