Talks

Here are a few examples of online talks I have given. I also appear at in person events and can cover a wide range of topics from across the early twentieth century.

A Very MERRY aRT dECO cHRISTMAS

December 2024, Art Deco Society UK

I take a light hearted look at Christmas in the 1920s and 1930s, covering food, shopping, gifts, parties and decor.

ART DECO TEXTILES

May 2023, Art Deco Society UK

Fabric and textiles from the interwar period come under the spotlight to see how they were marketed as fashionable and desirable in this talk;

AN introduction to 1930s shopping

May 2024, Past Preservers

A very brief three minute run through of women’s shopping habits in the 1920s and 1930s.