Talks and Tours

A talk/walking tour of Worthing’s most famous temporary resident – and motorised tour of Worthing and Brighton.

The story of how Austen, Shelley, Wilde and other authors are linked with Worthing.

An exploration of Worthing’s lost or forgotten buildings, places and traditions.

The tale of the many royals that have visited and had an impact on this seaside town.

 A talk and tour commemorating the 20th anniversary of the airing of the penultimate episode of 90’s sitcom Men Behaving Badly and its visit to Worthing.

 A walking tour of the spookiest side of Worthing!

 Telling how the Great War effected these Sussex settlements and life through the war.

Tales of the county’s animals and wildlife across the centuries.

A talk or tour of Sussex from Boxgrove man to the Normans.

A tour or talk based on the Anglo-French Sussex patriot, poet, MP and writer.

A talk or motorised tour of the county’s links with 007 and his creator, Ian Fleming.

How Sussex featured in the Cold War and what life was like in the county during this era.

The tale of elections and political activities in Sussex from the 1700’s to 2015.

A talk exploring foolish behaviour across the centuries – in Sussex or the UK.

An illustrated talk based on my two forthcoming books for Amberley.

An exploration of where elements of the county’s past have been lost or forgotten.

A tour or talk about the most un-Sussex like of Sussex settlements, the wonderful town of Petworth. Can include Petworth House with prior arrangement.

The story of how the Roman’s Anderida (fort of the Great Ford) and later Pevens’ea (the castle by Peven’s river) has been significant in development, security and control of England for 17 centuries.

We take you on the tour – virtual or otherwise – we think the new Duke and Duchess of Sussex will take.

As a counterbalance to Royal Sussex, we take you on a tour of the Civil War and Republican hotspots of Sussex, as well as the places in Sussex any new monarch should know.

An exploration of all that is rude, cheeky, salacious and naughty about the county with Britain’s ‘city of sin’ as its unofficial capital.

The story of the invaders who gave Sussex its name and the kingdom they built.

A talk and motorised tour explaining Sussex traditions with food and drink, eating, drinking, brewing and cooking – can be linked to visits of great Sussex eating places.

A talk or tour on Sussex’s links with Sherlock Holmes and his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

A talk on the daft, bizarre, silly and downright comic elements of Sussex’s past Spooky Sussex/Worthing A spooky tour of the county or one of its leading smuggling towns.

The story of the smugglers of this part of Sussex – their rise and fall in the 1700’s and 1800’s.

A talk on Sussex’s great houses.

A talk based on the latest or all of my history supplements on Sussex for the Argus.

With Brexit approaching, a talk on Sussex’s attitude to Europe, the EC EEC and EU.

A talk on Sussex’s attitude to Europe, the EC, EEC and EU.

An exploration of Sussex smugglers, shipwrecks and stricken sailors.

The story of Mosley’s Blackshirts in Sussex and the BUF’s activities in the 1930,s and 1940,s.

Burning of the Clocks in Brighton every December and Hasting’s Fat Tuesday show traditions don’t have to have existed for centuries to become established in the county’s heart. Sussex author Kevin Newman explores existing Sussex traditions and suggests a range of new future ones.

The invaders who changed the face of Sussex and Britain and their legacy.

A perspective on Sussex, based on my 2018 book for Pen and Sword.

A perspective on Sussex, based on my 2018 book for Pen & Sword.

A perspective on Sussex, based on my forthcoming 2019 book for Pen and Sword.

A history of the little-known Sussex village of Washington in wartime, from the Civil to Cold War.

A history of a little-known Sussex Downland village: it’s stories, people and places.

The tale of the well-and less-well known women from this unusual seaside town – and across the county as a whole.

An exploration of what life was like in the war and how Sussex helped the war effort.

German A-Level students are already studying Brexit. This talk examines what a Brexit history lesson will look like and textbooks about the events of 2016 onwards?

A talk, trip or GCSE course to support students studying Edexcel GCSE History’s Historic Environment Option to study medicine in the trenches of the Western Front in WWI.

A talk, tour or GCSE support to help students studying the Crime and Punishment option for Edexcel’s Historic Environment GCSE exam topic.

A talk about Britain as both colony and coloniser and how this has affected migration to and from Britain and created our identity over the years from the GCSE book I co-wrote.

A teacher-training event or briefing for businesses focussing on the new GCSE requirement whereby students are examined on a site of historical interest.  How can schools introduce this new task smoothly and prepare their students well? How might it be of interest to businesses?

A motorised and walking tour of London’s medical history – to support the Historic Environment GCSE History topic for schools studying Edexcel GCSE History.

Jeremy Corbyn in one of his first speeches as Labour leader said history needs to be more inclusive. We take up this challenge and outline our views for how the subject should develop to engage everyone.

A motorised tour of the Western Front designed either for schools or adult groups.

Investigating how anti-semitism and the Holocaust were reported in Sussex, and subsequently in school textbooks from the 1940’s.