Lesley Smith is renowned for her engaging lectures and dramatic costumed portrayals of historical figures. Curator of Tutbury Castle in Staffordshire from 2000 to 2024, Lesley is a specialist in Tudor history, although her extensive repertoire spans characters from the first to the twentieth centuries.
Lesley is available for bookings throughout the UK for history societies, Women’s Institutes, museums, heritage organisations and other groups. She also appears at a variety of public events and festivals. Tickets can be purchased for public events through our Events page.
In addition to her lectures and performances, Lesley is the author of three novels set in Elizabethan England. These can be purchased from our online shop.
Alongside Lesley, lectures and performances are also available from Dr Gareth Williams and a number of other guest speakers. An internationally recognised authority on the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, Gareth was Curator of Early Medieval Coinage at the British Museum from 1996 to 2024. He also presents a wide range of lectures.
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