Suzannah is a skilful, experienced, and engaging public speaker.
She has given many talks and lectures, including keynote speeches and distinguished lectures, at literary festivals, corporate events, universities, museums, galleries, history societies, and schools.
Please contact her broadcast agents, Knight Ayton, if you’d like to invite her to speak.
See for yourself
Here she delivers a keynote lecture at a Media Conference in Malmo:
Here she is giving a TEDx talk at St Paul’s School:
Read the reviews
What are people saying about Suzannah’s talks and tours? Storify has reviews after a day-trip to Hampton Court. And here are some recent reviews:
“Suzannah was absolutely wonderful, thank you!” Prizegiving Speech at St George’s College, September 2019
“Just to say this was the best tour my husband and I have had ever. Suzannah was amazing her knowledge was so interesting what a super lady I learnt more in her talk than all the reading I have done before. Loved the whole tour.” Speaker and tour guide for Tripsmiths tours, August and September 2019
“It was an absolute delight to have Suzannah. Her message to the pupils was spot on. Everyone was absolutely blown away.” Prizegiving Speech at Seaford College, June 2019
“Please do pass on thanks from everyone here to Suzannah for her fantastic talk on Monday. The feedback from everyone attending has been brilliant, including particular high praise from the Lord Lieutenant and the Principal, who mentioned that Suzannah was one of the best speakers we have hosted at the school.” Speaker at New Hall School, January 2019
If you’d like to come Suzannah to come and talk to your organisation, here are some suggested talk titles you might like to consider.
Get an idea of where she spoken before
Selected recent talks (2017 – 2019):
Guildford High School, ‘Prince to Tyrant: What Changed Henry VIII?’, March 2018
Just a Drop charity, Royal Geographical Society, ‘The Private Life of Henry VIII’, March 2018
St Mary’s School, Wiltshire, ‘The Mystery of Henry VIII’s Will’, January 2018
Distinguished Lecture, Institute of Advanced Studies, Toulouse, France, ‘Passing God’s Judgment: The Reformed Church and Women in Sixteenth-Century Languedoc’, December 2017
Swedish Enterprise Lin Education Conference, Stockholm,Sweden, ‘Leadership Lessons from History’, November 2017
Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro, ‘Witchcraft’, November 2017
Keynote Lecture, The National Archives, ‘Henry VIII and the Break with Rome’, October 2017
The Edward Alleyn Lecture 2017, Alleyn’s School, ‘The Reformation’, October 2017
Keynote Address, Senate House Library, ‘Reformation’, August 2017
History Masterclass with Dr Sam Willis, York Minster Old Palace, ‘Henry VIII in Love and War’, August 2017
Oadby Library, Leicestershire, ‘The King is Dead: The Last Will and Testament of Henry VIII’, August 2017
Chalke Valley History Festival, ‘Witchcraft and the Witch Trials’, ‘Shakespeare’s World’, and ‘History Masterclass: How to be An Historian’, June 2017
Kings School, Gloucester, Prizegiving Speech, July 2017
The Spring, Havant, ‘Six Queens: The Wives of Henry VIII’,June 2017
Hampton Court Palace, ‘Playing the Fool: Natural Fools at Henry VIII’s Court’, May 2017
Queen Mary 2, Cunard, three lectures, April 2017
History Masterclass, London, ‘The Witch-Trials’, February 2017
Queen’s Gate School, ‘The Past is a Foreign Country’, February 2017
Trinity College, Cambridge, ‘The Mystery of Henry VIII’s Will’, February 2017
Katherine of Aragon Festival, Peterborough Cathedral, ‘Character and Conscience: A Dynasty of Catholic Queens’, January 2017
Jaipur Literature Festival, India, ‘Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn: The Lovers Who Changed History’, January 2017
Selected previous talks (prior to 2017):
Keynote and Distinguished Guest Lectures
British Council, Singapore, 2016
The National Archives, Writer of the Month, 2015
Media Evolution Conference, Malmo, Sweden, 2013
Society of Renaissance Studies Annual Lecture, 2011
Historical Association at the British Library, 2009
History and Literary Festivals
Cheltenham Literary Festival, 2015 and 2016
King’s Lynn Festival, 2016
Althorp Festival, 2016
Oxford Literary Festival, 2016
BBC History Magazine’s History Weekends, 2013-2016
History Hit! Live 2015 and 2016
How the Light Gets In Festival, Hay, 2015
Swindon Literary Festival, 2015
Chalke Valley History Festival, 2014 and 2016
The Times Cheltenham Science Festival, 2014
English Heritage Festival of History at Kelmarsh Hall, 2013
Latitude Festival, ‘A Visitor’s Companion to Tudor England’, 2012
Blickling Hall, The Boleyn Festival, 2012
Corporate Events
Winton Capital, 2015
Jardine Matheson Executives, 2014
Chalke Valley, Patrons’ Dinner, 2014
Department for Transport, DEFRA and DCLG, 2013
Tours
Week-long tour of Tudor England, Historical Trips, 2015
Day-trips, Hampton Court, with Historical Trips, 2016
Travel Editions, 2016
The Telegraph Travel Tour, 2015
Museums, Galleries and Theatres
Arcola Theatre, London, 2016
Friends of Nonsuch, 2015
The Director’s Lecture, Ashmolean Museum, 2014
The Tower of London, 2012 and 2014
Victoria & Albert Museum, 2013
World Monuments Fund at the Royal Geographical Society, 2012
Kensington Palace, 2012
Kenilworth Castle (English Heritage), 2012
Hampton Court Palace
The Mary Rose Museum
National Portrait Gallery
Schools
Harrow School, Bangkok, 2016
UWA Dover, Singapore, 2016
Epsom College in Malaysia, 2016
Universities and Employers’ Panel, HMC Annual Conference, 2016
Bolton School Girls’, 2016
Guildford High School Prizegiving, Guest Speaker, 2016
Queenswood School Prizegiving, Guest Speaker, 2016
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