Very selected past talks:

I’ve been fortunate to speak at more than 150 events over the past few years, whether about my own books, as a panellist, introducing a film or interviewing someone else. Here are a few highlights:

27 July, 2024 - These Things Happen: The Sarah Records Story talk and gig at Glas-Goes-Pop, Glasgow. Legendary indie-pop weekend.

11 May, 2024 - These Things Happen: The Sarah Records Story talk and gig at KultrMarktHalle, Berlin. With live music from The Orchids, The BV’s and Space Kelly.

17 January, 2024 - These Things Happen: The Sarah Records Story talk and gig at Rough Trade East, London. With live music from The Harvest Ministers, Blueboy and Heavenly.

23 November 2023 - These Things Happen: The Sarah Records Story talk at Things Happen Here, Dartington.

19 October 2023 - Women & Leadership: The Impact of Women on Cities at Watershed, Bristol. Part of the Festival of the Future City.

11 October 2023 - These Things Happen: The Sarah Records Story book launch, at Rough Trade Bristol. With live music from Blueboy.

5 October 2023 - Women in Policy at University of Bristol.

15 February 2023 - Onscreen Wonder Women with Lucy Porter at Watershed, Bristol. Part of the Slapstick Festival.

19 January 2023 - Lunchtime Lecture at Bristol Central Library.

17 December 2022 - The Women Who Built Bristol at Arnos Vale Cemetery.

15 March 2021 - Hannah More: Moral Reformer or Political Manipulator? With The New Room, online.

8 March 2021 - The Women Who Built Bristol. With Arnos Vale Cemetery, online.

18 November 2020 - Exploring Bristol’s Past to Understand the City Today. Part of the Bristol Festival of Ideas.

23 October 2020 - Stories of Strong Women. Part of the Bristol Festival of Literature.

19 May 2020 - The Women Who Built Bristol talk for Women In Planning. Via Zoom.

5 March 2020 - The Women Who Built Bristol talk at the University of Bristol.

1 March 2020 - Strong Women from the South West talk at Weston Museum, Weston Literary Festival.

13 February 2020 - Unlikely Love Stories: The Women Who Fell in Love (or Lust) at Arnos Vale Cemetery.

18 January 2020 - Introducing She Done Him No Wrong at the Slapstick Festival, Watershed, Bristol.

7 November 2019 - The Women Who Built Bristol talk at Stanfords, Bristol.

3 November 2019 - Interviewing Katy Brand at Yeovil Literary Festival.

2 November 2019 - Museums At Night talk at The New Room, Bristol.

31 October 2019 - Lunchtime Lecture at Bristol Central Library.

23 and 29 October 2019 - Murderers, Thieves and Cheats: Bristol’s Most Despicable Women! at Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol.

21 October 2019 - Book launch for The Women Who Built Bristol: Volume Two at Cooper’s Hall, Bristol Old Vic. Part of the Bristol Festival of Literature.

18 October 2019 - Women in the Shadows panel discussion. Part of the Bristol Festival of Literature.

31 August 2019 - Historical Women in Trades talk at M Shed, Bristol. Women in Trades Event.

1 May 2019 - The Women Who Built Bristol talk at the University of Bristol.

25 March 2019 - Hidden From History talk at Clevedon Community Bookshop, Clevedon.

20 March 2019 - The Women Who Built Bristol talk at Max Minerva’s Bookshop, Bristol.

12 March 2019 - The Women Who Built Bristol talk at Bedminster Library, Bristol.

8 March 2019 - International Women’s Day talk at Storysmith Bookshop, Bristol.

9 February 2019 - Bristol’s Pioneering Female Researchers talk at The University of Bristol.

12 November 2018 - The Women Who Built Bristol talk at Hotwells & Cliftonwood Community Association AGM, Bristol.

23 October 2018 - The Women Who Built Bristol talk at Rolls-Royce, Bristol.

15 October 2018 - Power, Protest and The People talk at M Shed Museum, Bristol. Part of a schools’ event with Vanessa Kisuule, Di Atkinson and Fern Riddell.

4 October 2018 - The Women Who Built Bristol talk at Redland Library, Bristol.

16 August 2018 - Mischief Makers talk for kids at Bristol Central Library.

12 August 2018 - Women, Humour & Power panel chaired by Zoe Lyons at Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 

28 June 2018 - The Women Who Built Bristol talk at Casper, North Street, Bristol.

10 May 2018 - Chairing Bristol Festival of Ideas panel about The Women Who Built Bristol (with Rosemary Caldicott and Helen Wilde) at St George's Bristol.

3 March 2018 - The Women Who Built Bristol panel event (with Finn Mackay, Naomi Paxton and Jacqui Furneaux) at IWD event at City Hall, Bristol.

2 March 2018 - Two-hour takeover of Claire Cavanagh's afternoon show on BBC Bristol Radio.

28 February 2018 - Studio interview on ITV News re book launch.

26 February 2018 - The Women Who Built Bristol book launch at St George’s, Bristol.

19 February 2018 - Book Club guest on Laura Rawlings' BBC Radio Bristol show.

17 February 2018 - Interview with Dr Phil Hammond on BBC Radio Bristol, re book.

6 February 2018 - Live TV outside interview on ITV News from centenary suffrage parade.

5 February 2018 - Outside interview on ITV News re suffrage centenary.

27 October 2017 - Interviewing author Viv Groskop at Yeovil Literary Festival, Somerset.

26 May 2017 - Hosting post-performance Q&A after all-female performance of Medea on the main stage at Bristol Old Vic.

18 May 2017 - Hosting Bristol South electoral hustings for Bristol Women's Voice.

12 March 2016 - Chairing panel on Women and the Media at IWD event, at M Shed, Bristol. 

1 November 2015 - Interviewing comedian Helen Lederer at Yeovil Literary Festival, Somerset.

1 November 2015 - Interviewing comedian Lucy Porter at Yeovil Literary Festival, Somerset.

14 May 2015 - Hosting post-screening interview and Q&A after Sarah Records film My Secret Life at the Cube Cinema, Bristol.

March 2014 - Interview with ITV re women in comedy.

14 November 2013 - Live TV interview on Points West, BBC 1, re What The Frock! Comedy.

19 May 2011 - Panelist on Bristol Feminism Past and Present at event with Bristol Festival of Ideas, at Watershed, Bristol.