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Subject Areas:Animals, History, Classics, Travel
Name, Speaker Location & Areas covered:Mrs Joanne ASTON Thirsk :: North Yorkshire only
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Subjects:After nearly 40 years in the public sector, I decided to walk the 500 mile Camino pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain. I succeeded because someone told me I'd never do it - the thought of laughing in his face sustained me through the hottest, steepest, tired-est parts. The vicar asked me to turn the experience into a slide-show in aid of the church roof, an audience member told her Women's Institute about it, and the whole thing grew from that. The resulting, growing range of PowerPoint presentations reflects my personal interests and MA studies.

I have a laptop and projector so all you need to provide is a screen (or large blank wall) and the audience. I'm not afraid of Zoom

1. Mad Woman Walking - a 500 mile pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela
2. Shackleton's TransAntarctic Expedition of 1914 - including the little-known fate of the Aurora
3. Pre-Raphaelite Art - a personal view
4. WW1 Conscription Appeals in the North Riding
5. Shackleton's Stowaways - unintended guests on Shackleton's Antarctic expedition
6. Ancient Greek Drama - Child sacrifice, matricide and the world's first courtroom drama
7. Awkward Women in Ancient Greek Drama - who were right all along
8. The Mitford Men: the men in the lives of the infamous Mitford sisters
9. Animals in Wartime - brave cats, dogs, horses and a pigeon
10. Thomas Coram's Foundling Hospital and the Hallelujah Chorus
11. Righteous Among the Nations - helping Jewish people escape the Holocaust
Availability & Fee:By Arrangement Fees on a sliding scale, depending on audience size eg £75 for numbers over 40. Plus travel at HMRC rate£50.00 + Travel
Requirements: S, F, EClick for requirements explanation
Virtual Talk Offered: No
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