HELEN
Writer • Historian • Russianist
RECENT EVENTS
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13 August 2008:
Ekaterinburg talk at Edinburgh International Book Festival
30 July 2008:
Guest on Philip Adam’s‘Late Night Live’ for ABC Radio Australia
24 September 2008:
Guest speaker at the Historical Association Dining Club
16 October 2008:
Ekaterinburg talk at Cheltenham Literature Festival
7 October 2008: Ekaterinburg talk at Knutsford Literature Festival
8 November 2008;
Talk on Translating Russian plays for the theatre at 8th Translation Conference, University of Portsmouth
BBC Radio 4 Today programme discussion with James Naughtie and Lisa Hilton about women historians
13 November 2008:
Talk about my approach to history
Writing and the research for Ekaterinburg
Writers in Oxford, The Plough, Wolvercote, Oxford
4 March 2009:
Ekaterinburg talk at Words by the Water Literature Festival, Keswick
2 April 2009:
Ekaterinburg talk at Oxford Literature Festival
28 September 2009: live interview about
Conspirator on the Pat Kenny Show RTE Ireland
27 September 2009: guest on BBC Radio Oxford, www.bbc.co.uk/oxford
20 October to 3 November 2009: Guest lecturer on Saga cruise to the Bosphorus and Crimea www.spiritofadventure.co.uk
24 November 2009: Talk on Women in the Crimean War and Mary Seacole, The Derbyshire Ladies Luncheon Club, Pride Park Stadium restaurant, Derby
22 January 2010: Talk on Ekaterinburg for Deal Adult Education,
St Andrew’s Hall, Deal
21 March: Talk on the Romanovs for Guardian History Weekend
at Charlecote Pheasant Hotel, Stratford www.guardianholidayoffers.co.uk
26 November 2009: St Giles Church Oxford - talk on Ekaterinburg as part of their Michaelmas Term series of lectures ‘Outstanding Books for Our Times’
27 February: Saturday 27 February, 2.30 Imperial War Museum, London. Member of panel discussion on Mary Seacole, following a screening of the Channel 4 documentary The Real Angel of the Crimea in which I was a talking head.
For the full programme go to www.london.iwm.org.uk
18 February: Talk on Conspirator at the Bishopsgate Institute,
London www.bishopsgate.org.uk
23 February: US publication of the hardback of Conspirator:
Lenin in Exile
10 March: Talk on Beautiful For Ever at Words by the Water Literature Festival
5.15 pm: Round table discussion on history writing
26 March: Guest on The Robert Elms Show,
BBC Radio London www.bbc.co.uk
23 March: Talk on Beautiful for Ever at Oxford Literary Festival www.oxfordliteraryfestival.com
28 March: Guest on Joel Hammer’s Sunday Lunch, Radio Oxford www.bbc.co.uk
29 March: UK publication of Beautiful For Ever
1 April: UK publication of paperback of Conspirator
10 and 11 April: Royalty Weekend at Ticehurst, East Sussex, previewing work in progress on Memorial: The Death of
Prince Albert www.nettyroyal.nl/ticehurst
17 April: Guest Speaker on Beautiful For Ever at Scarborough Festival'sLiteraryLunch
24 April: Talk on Beautiful For Ever at Kennington Free Literary Festival, Oxford www.sylviavetta.co.uk