History Study Day with Ken Eglinton

Do you know England's story from end-to-end?  How English freedoms and identity came to be? After this romp through history, you will! Ken Eglinton is an acclaimed and experienced public speaker and visiting fellow at the University of Greater Manchester, where he has been honoured with a doctorate.  Ken has delivered talks to raise funds for charities in Sussex, London, Manchester and Bristol.  Most recently he delivered a well-attended event at Winchester Cathedral, where he raised over £2,000 for their Friends. Save the date and join us for an exciting and informative day.

The cost is £20 pp to include morning coffee and afternoon tea. Places in College Hall are strictly limited: first come, first served!

Send your cheque (payable to the Friends of Hereford Cathedral) with SAE for receipt of your tickets to the Friends’ Events’ Team, 5 College Cloisters, Hereford, HR1 2NG. Alternatively, to pay by bank transfer, make your payment to the Friends of Hereford Cathedral, sort code 20:39:64, a/c 70396605, using reference ‘Events’. Then email [email protected] stating events, number of tickets and total payment made. A list of names of BACS payments will be kept at the door.

To find more information, please visit https://www.herefordcathedral.org/the-friends-of-hereford-cathedral

 After graduating from Manchester University, Ken had a successful 46-year career in professional services in the City of London.  His real passion, however, remained for history.

He has much experience as a public speaker on a wide range of subjects, and is a visiting fellow at the University of

Greater Manchester where he lectures the post-graduate students.  The University have honoured him with a doctorate.

Ken has delivered England’s Story for the benefit of charities in Sussex, London, Manchester, Bristol, and Winchester, raising over £30,000 to date.

The talk was inspired by many conversations Ken had over the years with professional colleagues who ended their history studies in their early teens.   They were familiar with aspects of English history (perhaps had studied the Saxons and the Tudors at school, and had vaguely heard of Magna Carta, the Peasants Revolt, the Battle of Blenheim) and wished they knew how it all fits together.  Many people from overseas also enjoy this introduction to England’s story.  Ken very much tells the story of England and Wales, joining the dots in a digestible way, with plenty of pictures, breaks, drama, humour, and some controversy.

Ken is touched that a good number of those who attended his talk have attended more than once, not least because, as Winston Churchill put it: “Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it”