NEW TALK - NEW AUDIENCE

I've posted before about the invitation I'd received, following the recommendation of my good friend and fellow speaker Jackie Depelle, to give a talk about English country houses to a group of American tourists, on a whistle-stop tour of the UK visiting just about every stately home they could manage.

The talk, entitled "A Tale of Two Houses - Chatsworth House and Hardwick Hall" was presented to the group last Sunday, the 8th of June, at a hotel just outside York.

It seemed to be well received, although it's often hard to judge such matters. In the event there were few questions as they were keen to get to their beds after what had been a long and tiring day.

No matter the outcome it was an interesting experience, talking English history to Americans, although I did manage to sneak in a couple of American anecdotes, re JFK's visit to Edensor village,  just adjacent to Chatsworth House, to visit the grave of his sister.