Talks

Talk List

Mathew is an experienced public speaker, and he has given hundreds of talks across Britain and around the world. His talks cover a range of archaeological subjects including the discovery of King Richard III and the archaeology of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. You can find his current list of talk subjects below.

Mathew is always happy to talk to local groups, at festivals and in schools. If you are interested in booking him to speak at your event, please contact him via the button below.

The Discovery of King Richard III

  • Richard III – The king under the car park
    The story of the discovery and identification of King Richard III
  • Richard III – Bloody Will Be Thine End
    What modern forensic investigation can tell us about the life and death of England’s last medieval king
  • Revealing Greyfriars – Leicester’s lost Franciscan friary
    The story of the Franciscan friary where Richard III was buried
  • Recreating Greyfriars
    How archaeologists and artists have used archaeological evidence to reconstruct the friary and stories of some of its inhabitants
  • Archaeology After Richard III – A decade of discoveries in Leicester
    A look at some of the archaeological findings made in Leicester since the discovery of King Richard III

Leicester Uncovered

  • Leicester Uncovered – the most excavated city in Britain?
    An overview of the archaeology of Leicester from the Iron Age to the medieval period
  • Leicester Cathedral Revealed
    A close look at what was found beneath the Cathedral’s new heritage learning centre
  • Leir of Leicester – The archaeology behind the legend
    The story of the mythical King Leir and his links with Leicester
  • Kathleen Kenyon and the Jewry Wall – The story of Leicester’s Roman baths
    The remarkable story of survival and excavation of Britain’s largest surviving piece of Roman civic masonry
  • Leicester Uncovered – Life in the medieval world
    The story of medieval Leicester as revealed by the town’s archaeology
  • Leicester Uncovered – Life in the Roman world
    The story of Roman Leicester as revealed by the town’s archaeology
  • Leicester Uncovered – Leicester’s Lost Medieval Churches
    The story of some of Leicester’s lost churches
  • Leicester Uncovered – Soldiers, Citizens and Slaves
    The story of the people of Roman Leicester
  • Leicester Uncovered – Leicester and Roman Africa
    Ancient cultural diversity in the English Midlands and Leicester’s links with Roman Africa

Murder and Mayhem

  • Murder and Mayhem in Medieval Leicester
    Gruesome tales from the town’s medieval coroners rolls
  • At the Sign of the Blue Boar
    More murderous tales from medieval and post-medieval Leicester

Castles and Conflict

  • Behind the Walls – The castles of Leicestershire and Rutland
    An overview of the archaeology of the castles of Leicestershire and Rutland, particularly recent excavations at castles in Leicester, Oakham and Groby
  • Leicester Castle – The castle the city forgot
    The story of Leicester Castle
  • Oakham Castle – The horseshoe hall
    The story of Oakham Castle
  • Hallaton Castle – A landscape of lordship
    The story of Hallaton Castle
  • The sieges of Leicester – 1173 and 1645
    The story of the sieges of Leicester during the Great Revolt of 1173-4 and the First English Civil War of 1642-46
  • The 1645 Siege of Leicester
    The story of the siege of Leicester during the First English Civil War

Secrets from the Soil

  • Secrets from the Soil
    The story of Leicestershire and Rutland told through 10 spectacular archaeological artefacts
  • Searching for the Knights Hospitaller
    The story of the Knights Hospitaller in Leicestershire, focusing on their sites at Old Dalby and Beaumont Leys
  • From Hunters to Farmers – The story of Stone Age Leicestershire and Rutland
    An epic story of the first 500,000 years of human habitation in Leicestershire and Rutland
  • Cardinals, Chariots and Queens – The story of Abbey Park, Burrough Hill and Bradgate Park
    An overview of the archaeology in some of Leicestershire’s best loved parks
  • Muck, Pot and Old Bone – An introduction to archaeology and reconstructing the past
    An introduction to archaeology
  • Filling in the Blanks
    Community test-pitting and medieval settlement in Leicestershire