Derek J Taylor
To book Derek to speak at your event email derekjtaylorbooks@gmail.com
Upcoming events.
Recent past events
2018
21 March
Leintwardine Historical Society. Talk: Who Do the English Think They Are?
19 April - 2 May
Queen Mary 2. Dubai to Naples. Series of 6 talks on history of English identity and on Magna Carta.
25 April - 1 June
Queen Victoria. Norwegian fjords. Talks on the Vikings.
11th July
London launch of Fayke Newes at Daunts Books in Fulham Road, with guest of honour, Michael Crick, award-winning political correspondent of Channel 4 News
27 August - 6 September
Cruise ship Magellan. Around British Isles. Talks on the history of the English and the French.
14 September
Book launch Fayke Newes, the Media vs the Mighty, from Henry VIII to Donald Trump. In association with the Stow Civic Society,
St Edward's Hall, Stow-on-the-Wold. Illustrated talk on 'Fayke Newes.'
As well as many talks and book signings at
The English Speaking Union,
on board the Cunard Queens,
Brooklyn Law School, New York,
Booklyn Book Festival,
Dulwich Picture Gallery,
and many local societies around the UK.
To book Derek to speak at your event email derekjtaylorbooks@gmail.com
~ 2019 ~
11 March
Blockley Discussion Group. Talk 'Suffragettes and the Press.'
21 March
Chipping Campden Historical Society. Talk 'The Media vs the Mighty.'
14 - 28 July
On board Cunard's Queen Mary 2, Southampton to New York via Iceland and Nova Scotia. Four lectures on the Vikings, and on the history of the American news media.
23 August - 7 September
On board Queen Victoria Southampton to St Petersburg. Lectures on the Vikings and English history.
20 October - 1 November
On board Cunard's Queen Elizabeth, to Canaries. Six lectures on the history of France and Spain