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David Starkey Biography
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The UK's most outspoken academic, Dr DAVID STARKEY has achieved notoriety as an erudite after dinner speaker and an outstanding lecturer.
Media Career
He is the UK's leading constitutional and monarchy expert and a colourful media personality. David appears frequently on television and radio, often invited on such programmes as BBC's Question Time and Newsnight. David Starkey's documentaries on the Life of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I have both achieved the highest-ever rating for history programmes screened on Channel 4 with audiences of 3.5 million, beating popular comedy shows including Frasier, Friends and Da Ali G Show. This was followed by The Six Wives of Henry VIII, for Channel 4 which also proved very popular. He has written or edited several books, including 'Rivals in Power', 'The Reign of Henry VIII: Personalities and Politics', 'English Court from the Wars of the Roses to the Civil War,' and 'Elizabeth: Apprenticeship' which has been rated the number one non-fiction best seller in The Times. Internationally, he is a consultant to the American network CBS on all constitutional matters. In addition to his media profile, David is a respected academic who until recently lectured in international history at the London School of Economics, University of London, and is now a bye-fellow at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.
Academia
David was born in 1945 in Kendal, Cumbria. He was educated at Kendal Grammar School and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. For a time he was a Research Fellow at Cambridge, before moving to the London School of Economics as lecturer in history. In 1987 and 1989 he was Visiting Vernon Professor of Biography at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. Also in 1989 he was a British Council Funded 'Specialist Visitor' to Australia, where he gave a series of nineteen lectures at seven universities in six weeks. His doctoral dissertation on the court of Henry VIII has been described as 'an underground classic'. Having returned to Fitzwilliam College to pursue research interests which have developed to include a broad spectrum of cultural, social and political history. He has written and edited several books, including Rivals in Power, The Reign of Henry VIII: Personalities and Politics and The English Court from the Wars of the Roses to the Civil War and Elizabeth: Apprenticeship, to accompany the television series. For which he received the W H Smith Book Award for Biography/Autobiography 2001. He is a regular contributor to a wide range of periodicals and newspapers. David sits on the editorial board of the magazine History Today and he is a member of the panel of experts advising on the export of works of art. In 1993 he joined the Commemorative Plaques Working Group at English Heritage, which is responsible for the placing of the famous blue plaques on London buildings.
Popular Historian
He has been acclaimed as the 'AJP Taylor of our times' and his populist instincts mean that he has a very direct way of relating history. In appreciation of his contribution he was awarded the Norton Medlicott Medal for Services to History by the Historical Association in 2001. With his wealth of knowledge and skills as a communicator, David blends information and insight with humour. He is an attractive figure to the media and recently acted as consultant to CBS during their unprecedented coverage of a British news story - the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Corporate Speaker
David draws some spectacular analogies with the monarchy in his discourses on corporate leadership and is a prominent commentator on the state of British politics, business and society. An eloquent and highly accomplished speaker who both entertains and enthuses his audiences, Dr David Starkey is intelligent, ever witty, sometimes controversial, and always thought-provoking.
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David Starkey Books
Henry: Virtuous PrincePrice: £8.99
ElizabethPrice: £8.99
Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIIIPrice: £11.99
David Starkey DVDs
Henry VIII: Mind of a Tyrant [DVD] [2009]Price: £19.99
David Starkey's Monarchy - Series 1 [DVD]Price: £19.99
David Starkey: The Complete Collection Box Set [DVD]Price: £59.99
David Starkey News
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The Hay Literary Festival kicks off today in Wales
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21st May 2009The Hay Festival hoovers up the writers, comedians, and musicians of the moment to contribute to the biggest book event in Britain. Over the next week and a half, people will flock to Hay on Wye in the Brecon Beacons National Park to listen to the most exciting new performers as well as some of the biggest names in contemporary issues. This year is no different, some of the speaker highlights include, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Stephen Fry, and former EU Commissioner Chris Patten.
Line-up at Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival includes Clive James & David Starkey
26th March 20092009 promises to be an excellent year for The Sunday Times Literary Festival. Peru’s distinguished writer, Mario Vargas Llosa, will give the very first Chancellor’s Lecture introduced by Chris Patteny, the eminent historian David Starkey will talk about Henry VIII and Melvyn Bragg will host the Royal dinner in honour of PD James.
26th March 20092009 promises to be an excellent year for The Sunday Times Literary Festival. Peru’s distinguished writer, Mario Vargas Llosa, will give the very first Chancellor’s Lecture introduced by Chris Patteny, the eminent historian David Starkey will talk about Henry VIII and Melvyn Bragg will host the Royal dinner in honour of PD James.
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Trained concert pianist, Condoleezza Rice, performs for The Queen
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George Bush is the latest recruit to the US motivational speaker circuit
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What can conference speakers learn from the great orator, Martin Luther King
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22nd October 2009The first of 10 articles in The Times yesterday featured an extract on Martin Luther King from Simon Maier and Jeremy Kourdi's book 'The 100: Insights and Lessons from 100 of the Greatest Speeches Ever Delivered'. Over the coming weeks, other of the world's greatest speakers will be featured including Napoleon Bonaparte, Barack Obama and Socrates. No doubt, there will be much that today's conference speakers can learn.
Kenneth Clarke: The once and future Chancellor?
19th November 2008Kenneth Clarke made his name clearing up after Black Wednesday. Now Britain's elder statesman of finance is back with a plan to save the country
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David Starkey Reviews
David Starkey has spoken and appeared at a number of recent corporate events. Please find some client speaker testimonials and reviews for David Starkey for a number of these events and conferences. If you would like some additional information as to how to book David Starkey for your corporate event, then please contact one of the Speakers Corner booking agents on +44 (0) 208 365 3200 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk
"With little or no notice, David Starkey took up the theme of 'A Journey around the World' and used amusing anecdotes, culminating in a business message that worldwide social and political change is a threat to any degree of complacency in companies like BNFL. Relevant and erudite."
"To the point, caused controversy in the debate and was excellent company.
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"David Starkey was very entertaining... and the success of the evening was contributed to greatly by David's speech."
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