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I am James Dickinson an amateur historian living in Herstmonceux in Sussex. I give talks on medieval history, fully illustrated with photographs and other pictures.

This is now my ninth year of giving talks on English medieval history. It has given me great pleasure to speak to well over 150 groups on a range of subjects over the whole breadth of English medieval history. I hope by now  people realise that medieval history is inherently interesting and not boring. The extraordinary and the bizarre are always just round the corner.

History also informs our cultural background and sometimes explains why things are as they are today. Often historical stories are simply just good ones in themselves. 

In addition to my existing talks I have two new talks  available from October 2024. The first is ‘Chaucer’s Century’ about 14th century English history - full of interesting material and exciting events. The second is Eleanor of Aquitaine.
 
I am going to keep my charges at the current rate for the foreseeable future. My basic fee is £65.00. This covers local talks near my home and also on-line talks by zoom. Where there is a small element of travelling time my fee will be £80.00. Where substantial travelling time is involved I will try to agree all-inclusive fees not to exceed £100.00 except for the most distant locations.

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