Regency History Talks
Talks
We love helping others learn about history.
That’s why we give talks to groups keen to hear stories from the late Georgian and Regency era.
Look down this page for our current list of talks, which are often delivered in Regency costume.
Prices start from £80, plus travel.
Each talk lasts around 45 minutes, after which the audience are encouraged to ask questions.
We speak in person across Dorset and into Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire. Talks in London, Bristol and Birmingham and further afield may be possible.
Groups and events we’ve spoken to include:
Charles Burney Early Music Festival in King’s Lynn, part of the King’s Lynn Festival, Norfolk
Library and museum groups
WI groups across Dorset
Regency Fiction Writers (USA)
Jane Austen Society
U3A Weymouth
Probus clubs
We’re also happy to speak with the media. Rachel has been interviewed for several BBC TV and radio shows.
Need help with getting the facts right in your historical novel? We provide a historical editing service to authors.
We love helping others learn about history.
That’s why we give talks to groups keen to hear stories from the late Georgian and Regency era.
Look down this page for our current list of talks, which are often delivered in Regency costume.
Prices start from £80, plus travel.
We speak in person across Dorset and into Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire. Talks in London, Bristol and Birmingham are also possible.
We’re also happy to speak with the media. Rachel has been interviewed for several BBC TV and radio shows.
Need help with getting the facts right in your historical novel? We provide a historical editing service to authors.
Weymouth in the Time of Austen
Take a tour around Weymouth in the early 1800s. The town has become a popular seaside resort, thanks to the regular visits by George III and the royal family.
Jane Austen refers to Weymouth in several of her novels. In this talk, Rachel and Andrew describe what visitors would have seen and could do while visiting, while telling the story of how the royal visits began, and their tragic ending.
The Grand Tour
The landscape of Regency England was shaped by the Grand Tour, which began well over a hundred years earlier. The tour took thousands of young men, and a some women, into Europe and down to the sites of classical history in Italy.
The tour was part holiday, part education, part escape and part social. It included encounters with rogues and radicals, dramatic journeys through high mountains and into unfamiliar lands, and a chance to meet a diverse selection of curious characters.
This talk tells some of the exciting stories from Grand Tour experience, while showing how these exotic travels helped shape the Regency world.
Weymouth in the Time of Austen
Take a tour around Weymouth in the early 1800s. The town has become a popular seaside resort, thanks to the regular visits by George III and the royal family.
Jane Austen refers to Weymouth in several of her novels. In this talk, Rachel and Andrew describe what visitors would have seen and could do while visiting, while telling the story of how the royal visits began, and their tragic ending.
The Grand Tour
The landscape of Regency England was shaped by the Grand Tour, which began well over a hundred years earlier. The tour took thousands of young men, and a some women, into Europe and down to the sites of classical history in Italy.
The tour was part holiday, part education, part escape and part social. It included encounters with rogues and radicals, dramatic journeys through high mountains and into unfamiliar lands, and a chance to meet a diverse selection of curious characters.
This talk tells some of the exciting stories from Grand Tour experience, while showing how these exotic travels helped shape the Regency world.
What Regency Women Did For Us
This talk, based on Rachel's book of the same title, highlights women whose achievements resonate into the 21st century.
These women include fossilist Mary Anning, entrepreneur Marie Tussard, actress Sarah Siddons and traveller Mary Parminter.
What Regency Women Did For Us
This talk, based on Rachel's book of the same title, highlights women whose achievements resonate into the 21st century.
These women include fossilist Mary Anning, entrepreneur Marie Tussard, actress Sarah Siddons and traveller Mary Parminter.