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Fees £51 - £149 After Dinner Speaker Educational Famous People General Interest History Humorous Light hearted Stand-alone
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TIM HARRISON

Location: Surbiton London
About The Speaker...

In a long, varied career as a journalist, author and historian I have written for everyone from Private Eye and The Telegraph to Viz and The Economist. I worked for 18 years on BBC One’s Question Time and now edit The Good Life, Surbiton’s local newspaper. I grew up next door to film star Margaret Lockwood, I once lost at snooker to Hurricane Higgins, I’m president of my local historical society and I have written more than 30 stage plays and a book about David Bowie’s launch of Ziggy Stardust. I love sharing my knowledge and adventures with a diverse array of groups and societies.

About Their Talks...

I am an experienced public speaker and enjoy using humour and images to make my talks engaging and entertaining. I can bring a PowerPoint slideshow on a memory stick for use with your inhouse projector. My talks last around 45 minutes to leave time for answering questions from the audience.

Fee:

My fee is £140 including travel expenses.

My Contact Details:
Phone:

07973 835145

Email:

thegoodlifesurbiton@gmail.com

View Talks by TIM HARRISON

MRS BEETON: BRITAIN'S ORIGINAL DOMESTIC GODDESS

Before Delia, Nigella and Fanny there was Isabella – better known as Mrs Beeton, who wrote the most influential cookery book of all time. Tim Harrison shares the delicious story of her 1861 masterpiece – Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management. Born into a large family in Epsom, her first published recipe for a Victoria sponge was a disaster after she forgot to include the eggs! Despite that setback, she persevered, and her hefty 1,112-page handbook to running a Victorian home made her a legend. This is the story of that book and the remarkable life of its author.

PINTS, ROCK STARS AND SPIES ON THE A3

What do David Bowie, Cold War spooks, Hitler’s invasion manual, Edward and Mrs Simpson, and John Lennon’s dad have in common? Find out as Tim Harrison shares the extraordinary, couldn’t-make-it-up stories from the bars, kitchen and function room of the Toby Jug – a dodgy pub on the A3 with an incredibly colourful past. It achieved music legend status when Bowie chose its back room as the launchpad for Ziggy Stardust and it was where, in April 1969, Led Zeppelin broke off an American tour to fly home and play a gig.

HOW QUEEN VICTORIA WAS DUPED INTO OPENING A FOOTPATH

What happened in Kingston-upon-Thames that so infuriated young Queen Victoria that she refused to set foot in the town again for 50 years? Join Tim Harrison for the hilarious story of the ambitious alderman, a path constructed of horse dung, builders’ rubble and bits of the old London Bridge, and a diverted royal carriage carrying a monarch who was six weeks pregnant. It’s the bizarre tale of how one of London’s most beautiful riverside walks came into existence. Victoria was NOT amused – but you will be.

THE QUESTION TIME DIARY: BIZARRE TALES FROM THE TELLY

When Tim Harrison worked on BBC One’s flagship current affairs programme Question Time, he kept a diary of the amusing incidents that never made it on to the screen. Join Tim for behind-the-scenes tales including Michael Heseltine’s dinner dilemma interrupting a heated debate, what happened when a cat appeared out of nowhere and strolled across the famous set, and David Dimbleby revealing childhood memories of his grandma’s ciggie ash falling into his porridge. Sit back, forget the politics, and enjoy the funny stories!

WHY I JOINED 113 BUILDING SOCIETIES

In the heyday of building societies, every town in Britain had one. Back in the 1970s, a teenaged Tim Harrison embarked on a mission to join as many as he could; a hobby which produced a collection of 113 passbooks – each containing £1. He watched as the postie staggered up the path with a sack of letters informing him every investment had soared to £1.01. Tim reveals how he persuaded The Duchess of Kent Building Society to give him its final passbook on the day it shut, and how he was arrested at gunpoint by Special Branch while trying to join the Irish Nationwide. A talk illustrated with his unique collection of account books.

TIM HARRISON Contact Details:
Phone:

07973 835145

Email:

thegoodlifesurbiton@gmail.com

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