The Myths of Time

Neil Hanson


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Professional
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Paid
Category:
History
Updated:
1st September 2024

"The Myths of Time" is a more serious talk than my humorous ones "Inn & out at the Top" / "A High Old Time" and "The Ghostwriter". It examines the myths and legends that have grown up around some of the most significant events in British history, like the Spanish Armada, the Great Fire of London, the First and Second World Wars and the Cold War, the "Special Relationship" with the United States, and even the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. These legends are widely believed but often give a wholly inaccurate picture of what was really going on. "The Myths of Time" challenges some of these deeply held assumptions and makes us look with fresh eyes at those great events from the distant and recent past... and the present.

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About Neil Hanson

In a long and very chequered career, among a bewildering variety of other jobs, Neil Hanson has been an Oxford graduate, a plasterer’s mate, an ice cream salesman, a holiday camp redcoat and - simultaneously - an art critic and a rugby league commentator. He’s edited the boozer’s Bible - the Good Beer Guide, ran and later owned, Britain’s highest inn, in a wild and remote corner of the Yorkshire Dales, and also went round the world twice and worked as a print journalist and radio broadcaster in Britain, Australia and New Zealand.

He is now a very successful author with over 60 published books to his name. As well as his own work, he’s also a “ghost writer” for, among others, sports stars, showbiz legends, captains of industry, SAS men, pilots, a treasure diver, an explorer, a kidnap negotiator, an undercover investigator and a spy.

An award winning speaker, he has entertained audiences at every type of occasion - corporate events, conferences, festivals, luncheon clubs, dinners and banquets - throughout the UK and in New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Kansas City, New Orleans, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Auckland and Wellington


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