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And although he is in great demand as an after-dinner speaker, his parliamentary performances have underwhelmed.

And like Ernie Shavers, the heavyweight boxer who famously rocked Muhammed Ali's African gene pool, Conteh is much in-demand these days as an after dinner speaker at gala dinners and black tie functions.

Robinson won the 1990 Benedictine Award as "After-Dinner Speaker of the Year".

Lukic now works as a freelance goalkeeping coach and tours the country as an after dinner speaker.

Steve was an England Youth, Under-23 and "B" international. He is now an after-dinner speaker.

Armstrong has written a book, Beating the Biological Clock. She now works as an after dinner speaker and in corporate communications.

Royal Literary Fund. Retrieved 2 April 2012. She gives talks and readings at Festivals, at literary lunches and as an after-dinner speaker.

McGrath became for a while a very popular after-dinner speaker, but on Christmas Day 1998 he died suddenly at his Manchester home.

Stredder later launched a successful career as an after dinner speaker, recalling her life in show business. She died on 9 March 2018, aged 82.

In 1998, Talbot was named Weatherman of the Year at the Annual International Weather Festival in Paris.Fred Talbot – After Dinner Speaker . Arena Entertainments. Retrieved on 27 August 2011.

Richardson is also a public or after-dinner speaker, an activity he has performed for 23 years. He regularly introduces anecdotes into his speech from interviews that he has conducted.

After cricket he ran a pub on the Lancashire/Yorkshire border, and later became involved in hospitality at Test matches. After selling that business, Parfitt became an after-dinner speaker.

Since retirement as a referee McGinlay has been a director of Stenhousemuir Football Club, an after-dinner speaker, and a columnist for the Daily Mirror, the Daily Record and the Sunday Mail.

Her own commissions, a history of the Women's Guild and a history of the Scottish Mutual Assurance Society were both well-received and she was a regular after dinner speaker for the Scottish Literary Agency.

Since retiring from the game, McKenzie has worked as a newspaper columnist, as well as becoming an after-dinner speaker. He was the immediate replacement for Danny Baker on Radio Five's 6-0-6 programme.

Evans was media chief for Centrebet, an Australian bookmaker, and is also a popular after-dinner speaker. His nickname is "Wood Duck". He has become a 'political analyst' in the eyes of the Sydney Morning Herald.

He wrote scripts for television programmes including Z-Cars and for radio and stage productions. He was also an after dinner speaker and narrator. He died of a heart attack in 1998 at the age of 67.

He resigned shortly before his death. He was described as a 'kindly and loving man' and a brilliant after-dinner speaker. In Who's Who, he listed his only recreation as 'Reading Who's Who'. He died in London in 1919.

Away from TMS he lived in Wiltshire, latterly at Urchfont near Devizes, and was an accomplished after-dinner speaker, telling tales of the commentary box, which often displayed his excellent powers of mimicry; he could do Arlott and Trueman brilliantly.

After retiring from cricket, she continued to work as a journalist and broadcaster and also became an award-winning after-dinner speaker, businesswoman and board director. In 1973, she was selected by the Guild of Professional Toastmasters as the Best After Dinner Speaker. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1972, and was one of the first ten women admitted to the MCC in 1999, as an honorary life member. In 2004, she was the first woman elected to the full committee of the MCC and latterly became a Trustee.

Stanley Frederick Eyre (born 3 February 1944) is an English former professional football player and coach. After retiring from the sport, Eyre became a successful businessman, author, after-dinner speaker and radio pundit. He is the father of former Rochdale manager Steve Eyre.

Living in retirement in Spain, Shute works as a lecturer on cruise ships covering such topics as "broadcasting" and "the musical theatre", accompanied by recordings of his work as a reporter. Ashore he finds himself in demand as an after dinner speaker.

Purves has worked as a pantomime director and has directed over 30 pantomime productions. In December 2012, he portrayed Alderman Fitzwarren in Dick Whittington at Harpenden Public Halls: this was the first time he performed in pantomime since 1985. He is also an after-dinner speaker.

He currently works as an after dinner speaker. Furthermore, he presented a show on Clyde 2 on Sunday afternoons until that show ended in late 2009 when he was replaced by Tom Ferrie, whose show is now networked by two or three others Scottish radio stations.

"Back to civilian life". Rafmuseum.org.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2015. That same year, he also served as a technical advisor to the film, Battle of Britain. Bader travelled to every major country outside the Communist world, becoming internationally famous and a popular after-dinner speaker on aviation matters.

A talented after-dinner speaker and raconteur, Goldsmith was an articulate spokesman and campaigner, receiving a number of awards for his work protecting the natural world and highlighting the importance and plight of indigenous peoples, including an honorary Right Livelihood Award and the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur.

For more than a decade, he worked part-time as a lecturer in criminal procedure at Melbourne University as well as the new law school at Monash University and at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology's articled clerks' course. He was highly sought-after as an after- dinner speaker.

He left together with Stephen Lamb to set up his own business, Sportsline Media. He was an after-dinner speaker, and also became the "Voice of Lord's" as MCC's public address announcer. He was described as "widely liked and respected within cricket". As well as cricket, he also played golf.

He married Anne Burton in 1954 with whom he had two daughters, Virginia and Rosalind. Ince enjoyed fly-fishing for trout and was a sought after, after dinner speaker. Anne passed away in 1993 and David died on 2 August 2017 at Winchester in Hampshire. He was survived by his two daughters.

John Lancelot Blades Percival (26 July 1933 – 6 January 2015), known as Lance Percival, was an English actor, comedian and singer, best known for his appearances in satirical comedy television shows of the early 1960s and his ability to improvise comic calypsos about current news stories. He later became successful as an after-dinner speaker.

Cameron McNeish. Cameron McNeish FRSGS is a Scottish wilderness hiker, backpacker and mountain walker who is an authority on outdoor pursuits. In this field he is best known as an author and broadcaster although he is also a magazine editor, lecturer and after dinner speaker as well as being an adviser to various outdoor organisations.

In retirement Wilson remained an enthusiastic supporter of Rangers, attending many matches and functions and commenting on the club's struggles. He has also been an after-dinner speaker. In his spare time he kept racing pigeons, and is a lifelong teetotaler and non-smoker. An authorised biography, Wilson On The Wing, was published in 2020.

In his senior years he became an accomplished after dinner speaker, but later came the sad news of his multiple amputations, a decision which was made due to the clotting of the arteries in his legs, the result of which confined him to a wheelchair. Harry died on Thursday, 16 May 1985 aged 69.

Curling presents numerous programmes and videos on aviation, including a history of the Spitfire for ITV. He also narrates a series of Drivers' Eye View videos for Video 125 about the London Underground, Reading to Waterloo, Thames Branchlines and Devon Branchlines. As well as a broadcaster, Curling is a conference and awards host, after dinner speaker and media trainer.

Holroyd was knighted in 1903. Holroyd was below average height and athletic for much of his life. He was a good boxer in his youth, a good tennis player, and even when over 60 thought little of a 20-mile (32 km) walk. Holroyd had a great sense of humour, was a good after-dinner speaker.

During his association with Bankers Trust Company he presided over their publication which pertained to economic and financial subjects. It concentrated particularly on the financial situations of England, France, and Canada. Mallon was a popular after dinner speaker when he was president of the Dutch Treat Club and as an associate of the Amherst Alumni Association.

Simpson retired from scriptwriting in 1978 around the time Kathleen, his first wife, died. He then concentrated on business interests and becoming an after dinner speaker. He was appointed an OBE in 2000, and he and Galton received a BAFTA Fellowship on 8 May 2016 for their comedic contributions. BAFTA fellowship 2016 Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

Dallas was the managing director of his own window and construction company, until it went into receivership in 2002. In December 2002, Dallas was awarded an MBE for his services to football. As discovered by TV show Fantasy Football League, Dallas was once a contestant on Family Fortunes. Dallas has also worked as an after-dinner speaker.

After hanging up his boots, Daley briefly managed non-league Telford United, Bromsgrove Rovers and Bilston Town, before quitting football to join the pub trade. He has since been working as a brewery sales manager, supplying catering equipment to the industry. Also an established after-dinner speaker, Daley recalls his career in football with honesty and humour.

Cryer remains a popular after-dinner speaker. He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1995 when he was surprised by Michael Aspel at Thames Television's Teddington Studios. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2001. Cryer is a member of the entertainment charity the Grand Order of Water Rats.

Ian Nicholas Lovett (born 6 September 1944) is an English banker. Ian Lovett is the Chairman of Dunbar Bank. He has also held directorships of Barclays Bank, Zurich Financial Services and Openwork and has made appearances as an after-dinner speaker. He chaired Middlesex County Cricket Club (2007-2016) and was Deputy Chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board (2015-2018).

The events had a very Scottish flavour and included an after dinner speaker from the world of rugby, lunch and drinks, followed by a Hong Kong Scottish home game at Shek Kip Mei. John Elliot of Langholm rugby fame was the first speaker, while Iain "The Bear" Milne spoke at a lunch to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Scotland's 1984 Grand Slam triumph.

He served as a Magistrate in both Liverpool and Caernarfon, and was High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire in 1967–68. Davies was a great after- dinner speaker, regaling his audience with a large fund of Welsh anecdotes suitable for any audience. He was also interested in Welsh culture and was President of the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1955, 1973 and 1975.

Watt, along with former world Middleweight champion Alan Minter, earns his living as an after dinner speaker. He was awarded an MBE. He was long-term co-commentator with Reg Gutteridge on ITV's The Big Fight Live and moved with Gutteridge to Sky Sports in 1996 when ITV withdrew from boxing coverage. During 2016, Watt announced his retirement as a boxing commentator.

A Roger Fry Reader, by Roger Fry He was Chairman of the Society for the Study of Inebriety and the Chelsea Medical Society. He excelled as an after-dinner speaker and was President of the Omar Khayyam Club. He was a keen athlete, pole jumping, and played cricket, tennis and golf. He composed music, sculpted and painted, exhibiting three times at the Royal Academy.

689 Nimmo's hobbies included gardening, photography (particularly nature photography), birdwatching and collecting walnut furniture, porcelain and paintings. He was also a wine expert and wrote several books on the subject as well as a number of books on the theatre. Another interest was after dinner speaking, for which he was always in demand. He received many awards, including the 1990 Benedictine After Dinner Speaker of the Year.

Brent Pope (born 27 October 1962) is a New Zealand born rugby television analyst, rugby journalist, charity worker, children's book author, after dinner speaker, founder of Outside in Art Gallery in Dublin Ireland and owner of POPE shirts and shoes. He was born, raised and spent his rugby playing career in New Zealand, but has lived and worked in Ireland for most of his broadcasting career.

He is an after-dinner speaker and held the world record for the longest continuous after-dinner speech, twelve-and-a-half hours, done as a charity stunt. With his wife, he founded a Teddy bear museum. Located in Stratford-upon-Avon for 18 years, it was relocated to the Polka Theatre in Wimbledon, London. In 2016, the museum moved to Newby Hall in Yorkshire.

Kendrick Bruce Piesse (born 1955) is a Melbourne-based Australian sports journalist, commentator, after-dinner speaker and bookseller. He has written or edited many books and other publications, mostly focusing on cricket and Australian rules football."Ken Piesse", National Library of Australia, Accessed 5 March 2010. Piesse also appears on radio station Sport 927 with regular updates on news in the world of sport.

McMenemy has made frequent appearances on TV football panels since 1972 as well as BBC TV's 'Superkids' and TVS's 'Children's Challenge' (two series). He also regularly appeared on TV-am prior to 1990 as their 'football analyst'. He presented BBC Radio's 'Down Your Way' in 1989 and was a summariser for Sky TV News & Eurosport satellite TV until 1990. He currently is in demand as an after-dinner speaker.

McGovern was subsequently hired as manager of Woking and had a spell as assistant at Hull City before joining Ilkeston Town to replace Keith Alexander as manager in November 2000. He was sacked by the club in March of the following year after an eight-game winless run. He has since worked as a club ambassador for Forest, as a pundit on Radio Nottingham and as an after dinner speaker.

Thorogood was a guest speaker at the 2012 London Screenwriters Festival. Since then, he has spoken about creating international co-productions for the European TV Drama Series Lab in Berlin and at the Totally Serialised TV Festival in London in 2014. He's also acted as an after-dinner speaker at the Dagger Awards for the Crime Writers Association in 2017 and Bristol Crimefest in both 2018 and 2019.

In 1996 Dibnah repaired the chimney at Barrow Bridge—the same chimney he had scaled for a bet, in his youth. He was also asked to install a peregrine falcon nest at the top. He was later influential in ensuring the chimney was made a listed building. As a notable raconteur he also became an after-dinner speaker and would wear his trademark flat cap with his dinner jacket.

A popular boxer during his career, he could draw audiences as an after dinner speaker on occasion. He died after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease in 1984 after a three-year stay at Veteran's Hospital in Aspinwal and was buried in Pittsburgh's St. Nicholas Cemetery. A stroke had left him speechless around 1982 when he was first hospitalized. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993.

Thomas never played at senior level after his imprisonment, although he did continue playing for a while at non-league level with Porthmadog and Amlwch Town in Wales, until he finally retired from playing in 1995 at the age of 41. Thomas currently provides analysis on all Manchester United matches on "Total Football" on Key 103 and Piccadilly Magic 1152. He also works as an after- dinner speaker.

Ritchie was well known outside cricket as an after-dinner speaker and a travel agent. He also had a successful post-cricket media career. Wearing Blackface, he played a comedy character, a supposed Punjabi Sikh called Mahatma Cote, on Channel Nine's The Footy Show as well as other sports radio comedy chat segments. This characterisation along with his use of various slurs and anti- Muslim comments confirmed that Ritchie was an unrepentant racist.

Cottey was an after dinner speaker. In 2008, he published an autobiography entitled There's Only 2 Tony Cotteys, named after crowd chants he received during an innings which took Glamorgan to the Sunday League title in 1993. The reference is to the footballer of a similar name Tony Cottee. Co-written by David Brayley, the book is published by Gomer Press and has been nominated for the Cricket Society Cricket Book of the Year 2009.

He married Vicky Dick in November 1961. He had a ghost-written column in Shoot throughout the 1970s. After retiring from football in November 1991 he took up work as an after dinner speaker. At the beginning of December 1997, Bremner was rushed to hospital after suffering from pneumonia, but suffered a suspected heart attack at his Doncaster home in the small village of Clifton and died two days before his 55th birthday.

He is a Winterton Town Councillor and an after dinner speaker. He was many people's favourite to beat John Prescott to be Labour's candidate in the Police & Crime Commissioner Election in 2012 but withdrew from the race to take up his new position with the World Society for the Protection of Animals. He is the Secretary of the Jerry Green Dog Rescue Trust and a member of the Winterton & District Lions (President 2011–2013).

In addition, he provided a voice over on the Sky One science entertainment show Brainiac: Science Abuse; solely for the "Brainiac Golf" sketch when a caravan is blown up; detonated by a fuse triggered by a professional golfer's putting stroke. In February 2016, it was announced that Donnelly would become a columnist for bunkered golf magazine, writing a column in every edition. He is also an after-dinner speaker and awards host.

He became a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1847 attending regularly and making frequent contributions, was elected to its council in 1857 and became a vice-president in 1862. However he became involved in a financial dispute with Sir William Armstrong and didn't become president. But "as a speaker, and particularly as an after-dinner speaker, he had few equals." He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1849 although he contributed less.

Eyre started his own office supply company, became an after-dinner speaker, and published a book called Kicked into Touch, which had sold over a million copies as of April 2005. One story that Eyre told involved Hungarian player Ferenc Puskás; on holiday in Australia, Eyre found himself on the same pitch as Puskás, who was coaching South Melbourne at the time: As of 2009, Eyre co-commentates on Manchester City matches for BBC Radio Manchester.

The colourful chairman was at the helm the last time the club captured a meaningful trophy, the 1969 Inter- Cities Fairs Cup. In that time he was voted president of the Football League in 1974, vice-chairman of the Football Association and served on the UEFA professional committee. Lord Westwood was known as a man who dominated the boardroom with his razor sharp wit, a talent which made him an outstanding after dinner speaker and a captivating conversationalist.

Subsequently he gained a reputation as a writer and later as an after-dinner speaker. Percival died on 6 January 2015, aged 81, after a long illness. His son Jamie said: "When he spoke about his showbiz life, he spoke fondly of his time on That Was the Week That Was, and he always loved Ned Sherrin, who discovered him performing at the Blue Angel Club". He was cremated at Putney Vale Cemetery on 20 January 2015.

His caricature skill got him invited to corporate events in Jamaica, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Romania, Kuwait, India and Russia. For ten years he was resident cartoonist on ITV's networked quiz show, Win, Lose or Draw. He was a key player in organising the National Cartoon Festival which was held annually in Ayr, Scotland between 1998 and 2002, and was a regular after-dinner speaker. His stand-up comedy presentation focused on instant sketches of his audience.

George Brown was a notable personality and powerful communicator and was widely sought as an after-dinner speaker, on which occasions he could be informative as well as witty, spicing his speeches with many amusing anecdotes. He hated pomposity, and several people who tried to conceal ignorance or incompetence became victims of his acerbic wit in his memoirs. He could also appear modest. On one occasion someone introduced him –somewhat inaccurately – as the greatest mathematician in the USA.

Rogers became the presenter of ITV's variety gameshow 3-2-1 in 1978. It ran for just over ten years in a top-rating Saturday night slot. He earned £130,000 a year in the early 1980s from 3-2-1 aloneThe Telegraph obituary - 3 May 2001 and combined this with a career as a highly paid after-dinner speaker and made regular cabaret and public appearances.The Telegraph - 3 May 2001The Stage - London - Obituary (10 May 2001).

Mason is currently appearing in two ten-part series on the Sky Discovery Channel entitled Off the Road and Classic Car Club. Mason has also written four books and occasionally writes articles for newspapers and magazines, such as the Daily Telegraph and the Daily Express. He is often seen as both a compere and after-dinner speaker. Mason also ran a company, known as Tony Mason, selling car accessories to the trade for resale to the general public.

After retirement, he wrote for The Sunday Telegraph and worked as a discount broker. He later became a member of the Jockey Club in 1977 and was chairman between 1989 and 1993. Warr became a popular after-dinner speaker and was asked to become Australia’s Board of Control's representative in England after one such appearance, a position he held until 1987. He was President of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1987–88, and was made honorary life Vice-President in 1996.

Jackson pastored churches in rural southwestern Missouri and southern Arkansas while in college. After college, and while continuing his seminary education, he served as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Des Arc, Arkansas, 1956–1957 and the Eagle Heights Baptist Church in Harrison, Arkansas, 1957–1967. During the early part of the Cold War era of the mid 1950s through the early 1960s, Jackson was in demand as an after-dinner speaker. One of his topics was the threat of Soviet Communism.

Hay decided to become an actor when he was 21 after watching W. C. Fields perform a juggling act in Manchester. In the early years of the twentieth century Hay experienced some moderate success as a stand-up comedian and an after dinner speaker. Hay's first professional job came when he was offered a contract to perform at a theatre in Belper. In 1914 Hay began working with the impresario Fred Karno who had previously helped Stan Laurel and Charlie Chaplin achieve success.

Rowswell was also an author who published several volumes of verse which were widely circulated. His sentimental, optimistic poems were in the same vein as the light verse of Nick Kenny and Edgar Guest, who wrote syndicated columns in the early 20th century. His best known work was Should You Go First, an emotional ode dedicated to his wife. Having established himself as a respected after dinner speaker, he enhanced his inspirational talks with poems of his own and selected anecdotes.

He made 350 appearances in club rugby for Bath between 1984 and 1999. He started for Bath in the victorious 1998 Heineken Cup Final as they defeated Brive. Since retiring from professional rugby he has coached Basingstoke R.F.C., England Under 19s, England Under 20s and Worcester Warriors rugby union teams and has been an after dinner speaker and commentator on Sky Sports.Nigel Redman - Former Bath and England Lock He has also appeared on BT Sport's weekly rugby television programme, Rugby Tonight.

Leonard worked as an after dinner speaker and lecturer after leaving boxing in 1925. With his good looks and the crowd his fame could bring, he performed in vaudeville, making several appearances as a dancer and performer shortly after his first boxing retirement. He appeared in the vaudeville musical Battling Butler in 1927. During his boxing career Leonard starred in the film serial The Evil Eye (1920) and a series of boxing related film shorts titled Flying Fists (1924–1925).

John Conteh's appearance on This Is Your Life Conteh was the British Superstars competition champion in 1974, the second year of the televised sporting event. Conteh is now an after-dinner speaker and speaks at venues all across the country. Conteh appeared on the BBC television programme Sporting Legends which was presented by Eamonn Holmes. There he spoke at length at how he started out in boxing and how Ali persuaded him to fight at light-heavyweight instead of heavyweight.

Al Read (3 March 1909 - 9 September 1987) was a British radio comedian active throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Read was born in Broughton, Salford,He was born in 1909 when Broughton was part of the County Borough of Salford (1844–1974 — "City" status from 1926) Lancashire and was a sausage maker in his father's business. He became known as a popular after-dinner speaker with wry and well-observed humour in clubs. In 1950 Read made his radio début on the BBC.

Upon retirement, Whiteside studied to become a podiatrist, graduating with a degree from the University of Salford, and served Northwich Victoria as their assistant manager/physio from October 1991 until March 1992. He quit the role as he did not enjoy the amount of time spent travelling between games. During his playing career, he had attended courses at Lilleshall to pick up his coaching badges, but he did not wish to go into coaching. He instead became an after-dinner speaker.

In 1989 and 1990, he presented the nightly chat show Jameson Tonight on Sky One from the Windmill Theatre in London. In 2010 he took part in BBC's The Young Ones, in which six celebrities in their 70s and 80s attempt to overcome some of the problems of ageing by harking back to the 1970s. Following the end of his regular broadcasting career, Jameson wrote a weekly column in the Brighton Argus until October 2000, and was latterly an after-dinner speaker.

Walsh became a football agent for a short time, and represented Lee Bradbury during his move to Manchester City. He also invested in property and other businesses, though lost money by investing in Australian fraudster Peter Foster. Walsh began working in the media after retiring as a player, and first began working as a pundit on Sky Sports in 2001, and since that time has appeared regularly on Soccer Saturday and Football First. He has also worked as an after dinner speaker.

There are two comedy films that are loosely based on her life, both released in 1987: Wish You Were Here, about her adolescence, with Emily Lloyd in the lead role, and Personal Services, about her adult life, starring Julie Walters as Cynthia. Both were written by David Leland, who directed Wish You Were Here. Payne made appearances as an after-dinner speaker and launched a range of "adult" services and products in 2006. Payne died on 15 November 2015, aged 82.

He has commentated for Supersport and ESPN Star Sports on cricket around the world. Symcox now owns the REMAX property franchise on the South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal in South Africa known as RE/MAX Coast & Country which is active in the residential and commercial property sector. He is also a popular after-dinner speaker and plays golf off a single figure handicap. Known as one of the tough men of the 90's Protea cricket team, he played under Kepler Wessels and Hansie Cronje.

He retained this status for the following season (1993–1994), including a match at runners-up Blackburn (against Ipswich Town) on the penultimate weekend. That proved to be his final game at Premier level and he reverted to the Football League for his final two seasons. When he retired in 1996 he was the last referee from North Wales, leaving Keith Burge from Tonypandy as the sole Welsh National List referee. Since then he has become a Football League assessor and worked as an after- dinner speaker.

He was the General Secretary of the CMS in Tasmania from 1954 to 1957; and a Chaplain at St Stephen's College, Hong Kong for a decade after that. From 1971 until his appointment as Dean he was a Chaplain to the Forces.London Gazette From 1980 to 1993, he was vicar at St Andrew's Church, Brighton. He retired in March 1993 and in semi-retirement, he became a popular after-dinner speaker and wrote a number of books, both during and after his time at Brighton.

Kenny Clark (born 1 November 1961) is a Scottish former football referee in the Scottish Premier League and was, until 2006 also on the FIFA International list and the 2007-08 season was his final season as a Category 1 Referee. He also works as a lawyer in Dumbarton and is also a popular after dinner speaker. He refereed the Scottish League Cup Final in 2000, 2003 and 2008. He has also taken charge of the Scottish Cup Final on three occasions, in 2001, 2003 and 2007.

Duncan Wood, the former Hancock and Steptoe producer by then at Yorkshire Television, commissioned The Galton & Simpson Playhouse, a seven-part series broadcast in 1977, featuring leading actors of the time such as Richard Briers, Leonard Rossiter and Arthur Lowe. None of these shows led to another series. Simpson retired from screenwriting in 1978, becoming an after-dinner speaker, while Galton collaborated in several projects with Johnny Speight. In 1996 and 1997, comedian Paul Merton revived several Hancock's Half Hour and other Galton and Simpson scripts for ITV to a mixed reception.

Hislop also has a career as an after-dinner speaker and awards presenter, working for several speaker bureaux. Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip - An Emotional History of Britain, about how a meme for repression of emotions spread through British culture, began on 2 October 2012 and ran for three episodes on BBC Two. Beginning on 9 April 2014, Hislop presented a three-part BBC Two series Ian Hislop's Olden Days. In 2016, he presented The Secret of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, the personal and creative story behind the symphony.

Arcadia Publishing. The hiring of Rowswell was based on his ability as an after dinner speaker, which gained him a reputation in that area, as well as for his notorious prestige as the Pirates number one fan. At this point, he had not missed a Pirates home game since the 1909 season and even traveled with the team. In recognition of his support and loyalty to the team, the 1925 World Series Champion Pirates presented to him a gold baseball charm as a reward for his unconditional support.

Manzie was described as "a commanding personality, a finely-built handsome six footer, a wonderful organiser; a brilliant after-dinner speaker and a man of outstanding character and integrity". His wife, Monica (née Bellew), was known as the "mother of the Richmond Football Club" and even after Manzie moved to Melbourne, her passion for the Tigers never wavered. The couple lived on Punt Road near the home grounds of both Melbourne and Richmond. Monica had "family connections with show business" and they entertained many famous guests in their house.

After the war he settled near his friend Bob Stanford-Tuck in Sandwich, Kent. He had a business career with Goodyear, Hoover and ITT before retiring to write his first memoir, Tumult in the Clouds. He became an excellent after dinner speaker, a bon vivant, monocle in eye, including Bomber Command dinners, and wrote more books, The Last of the Knights and Overpaid, Oversexed and Over Here (with Norman Franks). He helped set up a publishing company to publish the memoirs of friends and fellow pilots, such as Percy "Laddie" Lucas.

George Sephton is a stadium announcer, matchday DJ, and after dinner speaker, known primarily for his work at Anfield for home fixtures of Liverpool Football Club. He is popularly known as The Voice of Anfield, and is England's second longest-serving stadium announcer, behind Peter Gilham of Brentford. Sephton's relationship with Liverpool Football Club began in 1971, when he wrote to club secretary, Peter Robinson, applying to be the stadium announcer. His first match was against Nottingham Forest on 14 August, 1971, which also marked the debut of Kevin Keegan.

John Gahagan (born 24 August 1958) is a Scottish former footballer, who played as a left winger. Gahagan spent most of his career with Motherwell, spending twelve seasons with the Fir Park club, either side of spells with Clydebank latterly Morton. During his time at Fir Park, Gahagan picked up two Scottish Football League First Division titles. A fully qualified SFA coach, Gahagan worked as a football development officer in Clackmannanshire before becoming an after-dinner speaker, winning the MBN trophy after being voted 'Scottish Sporting Speaker of the Year' in 2001.

At present, he is also a noted after-dinner speaker and in 1997 was a high- profile campaigner on behalf of the unsuccessful Think Twice campaign which supported a double-no vote in the Scottish devolution referendum. In 2006, he was a defence counsel in the trial of Mohammed Atif Siddique, which saw the youth sentenced to eight years' imprisonment for collecting and sharing online information about terrorists. Donald Findlay successfully appealed this conviction in January 2010. In April 2010 following an eight-week trial he secured the acquittal of the English solicitor Marshall Ronald in the infamous Da Vinci recovery trial.

Blunkett has also co-authored a number of publications including Building from the Bottom (1982), published by the Fabian Society, and Democracy in Crisis (1987), published by Hogarth, which described the battle between local and central government in the Thatcher years. He has also contributed chapters to many books relating to politics and social policy and has also produced research papers with the University of Sheffield. Other publications include "Ladders Out of Poverty" in 2006 and "Mutual Action, Common Purpose" in 2009 (relating to the voluntary sector). Outside politics David Blunkett enjoys a career as a popular conference and after dinner speaker.

In the mid-1960s he was also the frontman for a major television advertising campaign for Courage Keg Bitter, in which he appeared in over twenty commercials as a pub landlord. Becoming the licensee of a pub in Ash, Surrey, The Bricklayer's Arms,Surrey Pubs by Richard Keeble (Batsford) – Page 12. Martin briefly considered leaving the entertainment business, but was soon lured back. Although he still performed, mainly in cabaret and as an after dinner speaker, his main occupation from the mid-1960s onwards was as a scriptwriter, largely for other named performers of the day.

William Sefton Moorhouse announced his candidacy months later, was less experienced and the worse public speaker of the two candidates. It was Ollivier's support as a skilled orator that gained Moorhouse the Superintendency at the election on 30 October 1857 and Ollivier was regarded as the 'kingmaker'. Ollivier had a reputation as 'perhaps the best after-dinner speaker'. Ollivier served on the Executive Council from 8 December 1857 to 8 November 1859, and again from 21 November 1859 to 2 January 1860. He was Speaker of the Council from 30 May 1865 to 7 May 1866.

Roy has appeared as an after-dinner speaker at many organisations, clubs, and societies, including engagements in Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai and Canada. In addition, he is now one of the Patrons for the Appeal leading to a permanent 'Red Dragon' Bronze Memorial at Passchendaele, to honour all Welshmen who served and, in many cases, made the extreme sacrifice at the Battle and in the First World War generally. The statue was unveiled in August 2014. In 2017 he hosted the 100th Anniversary Commemoration ceremony of the Battle of Passchendaele at the battlefield site in Flanders.

Lunn constructed the device and appeared with it on Vision On. Lunn would go to appear on the programme for many years, with Tony Hart and Sylvester McCoy, demonstrating his latest inventions. He later appeared in several other series, including Jigsaw and Eureka. Lunn is a prolific constructor of novelty bicycles and an inventor of strange devices, amongst which was a collection formerly to be found in the Inventions Bar, Newcastle upon Tyne. Lunn has also appeared as an after-dinner speaker for many functions including the Edinburgh School of Architecture Winter School, and the Society of Industrial Artists Golden Jubilee.

Examples include La Bamba by Ritchie Valens (adapted by fans for Rafael Benitez) and Sit Down by James (adapted by fans for Mohamed Salah). Kenny Dalglish has said of George Sephton: "George is part of the history and tradition of this club and it would be more relevant if he left than if I left." Currently, Sephton continues his duties at Anfield, and is also an after dinner speaker, sometimes in conjunction with other Liverpool legends. His charity events and contributions around the club and the city are well known, and he engages with Liverpool supporters worldwide on his Twitter account.

The callous attitude of Manchester United towards Blanchflower after injury forced the end of his playing career was revealed by journalist David Conn in a 2000 article in The Independent: He and Jean were married in 1956. He eventually pursued studies in finance and began a career as an accountant. He later became an after-dinner speaker and was a regular on the after-dinner circuits until his death from cancer on 2 September 1998. He was 65 years old, and just two weeks before he died he had attended the Munich air disaster testimonial match at Old Trafford.

Perrie continued to cause controversy, particularly when she appeared on the adult channel Television X. On one of the shows, she was seen pulling down a young stripper's thong, proceeding to lick his revealed penis. By 1996, Perrie had returned to the stage with a new cabaret act, and found regular work as an after-dinner speaker, which she did alongside television chat show appearances. There were various reports at the time that Perrie was set to make a television comeback as an actress, in a six-part drama to be filmed in Spain. The idea of the series was later dropped.

Clarke was very popular among the younger officers when he had himself become a senior. An amusing instance of this occurred after a big dinner at the Chatham Mess. After dinner was over (and the seniors had all left the table) there arose a call among the juniors present that Clarke should take the chair and deliver a speech (he being a good raconteur, and a humorous after-dinner speaker); as he was about to take his seat, the chair disappeared, and the would-be occupant subsided on the floor to find himself smothered in a shower of rose leaves. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM, Lt.-Col.

His thousandth League game came on 22 December 1996, against Brighton & Hove Albion, which was screened live on Sky Sports and was preceded by the presentation from the Football League of a special edition of the Guinness Book of Records to Shilton. He played five more matches before retiring on 1,005 league games at the age of 47 at the end of the 1996–97 season. By the time of his retirement, he was the fifth oldest player ever to have played in the Football League or Premier League. Shilton recovered from financial troubles caused by business decisions and gambling, and became a prolific after-dinner speaker.

The eldest of two boys born to a chartered electrical engineer and a former Wren, he moved with his family from South London to Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, at a young age. Educated at Culford School, Bury St. Edmunds, he attended Southampton University, where he took his bachelor's degree in history in 1974, and King's College, London, where he took an M.A. in war studies in 1975. Despite being profoundly deaf and asthmatic, White was a long-standing member of the Southsea Shakespeare Actors and a popular after-dinner speaker. He was a server at Portsmouth Cathedral, and a keen theatre and cinema goer.

Motor Sport Greats in Conversation is a hardback collection of his "Lunch With..." series of articles from Motor Sport. He is also an after-dinner speaker and interviewer at motor sports functions. He had a small part, playing himself as the English-language BBC commentator, in the 2013 Ron Howard-directed film Rush about the battle between Niki Lauda and James Hunt in the 1976 F1 season, and also helped with editing the film and scripting some of the dialogue spoken by the broadcast commentators in other languages. According to Fraser Masefield Ranking the Top 10 Formula 1 Commentators he takes the number 9 rank in this list.

In retirement, Gomez became a sought-after dinner speaker known for his humorous anecdotes about his playing days and the personalities he knew. He was a bit of a screwball, nicknamed "El Goofo" or "Goofy Gomez" (a likewise-alliterative counterpart to his contemporary, Dizzy Dean), and delighted in playing practical jokes on everyone from teammates to umpires. On February 2, 1972, the Veterans Committee unanimously inducted Gomez into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, along with Giants outfielder Ross Youngs and former American League President Will Harridge. The Committee noted that Lefty pitched in seven World Series games with no losses and five wins.

David John Mellor (born 12 March 1949) is a British broadcaster, barrister, and former politician. As a member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major as Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1990–92) and Secretary of State for National Heritage (April–September 1992), before resigning in 1992. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Putney from 1979 to 1997. Since leaving Parliament, Mellor has worked as a newspaper columnist, a radio presenter, and an after-dinner speaker, served as Chairman of the government's 'Football Task Force', and established a successful career as an international business consultant and entrepreneur.

Osgood was commonly called "Ossie" and also earned the nickname "The King of Stamford Bridge" due to his exceptional skills as a player as well as his personality and status. To this day, Peter Osgood's status in the London club is unrivalled. His autobiography 'Ossie – King of Stamford Bridge' written with Martin Knight and Martin King was released in 2003 and in 2004 Osgood appeared in a cameo role in the British film The Football Factory. Prior to his death on 1 March 2006 following a heart attack at a family funeral, he was involved in football related media work and was well known on the after dinner speaker circuit.

Born in Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Calvin later attended Canton High School for Boys in Cardiff. Wyn Calvin has been in show business for over sixty years. He served with ENSA during World War II. In 1991 he became the first Welshman ever to be elected "King Rat" of the Grand Order of Water Rats, a show business fraternity and charity, and has also been the Welsh chairman of the Variety Club of Great Britain. He is particularly well known for his appearances in pantomime and summer season at venues all over the UK. Wyn is an accomplished after-dinner speaker and has also spoken at St.David's Day events all over the world.

Ian Stafford is a multiple award-winningsports journalist, author and broadcaster, whose work appears both in the UK and internationally, especially in the United States and Australia. He is also an after dinner speaker and compere, acts as a consultant for a number of media outlets and owed and edited the UK's first general sports magazine on the internet, sportsvibe before selling it. In 2017 he launched the Sporting Club - a private networking club for sport, the business of sport and those who like sport, with permanent homes, many high level functions and proactive networking - which now has three venues in London and two more in Manchester, with more growth expected shortly.

She later recalled in her biography that it was "probably the most spectacular car crash ever filmed from which the female driver lived to tell the tale". The Daily Telegraph reports that in a short biography on her website, de Creed is said to have been "one of only a few people in Britain" who could drive a car on its side, balanced on two wheels. She also made television commercials for Bovril and Heinz and, according to the Birmingham-based Sunday Mercury newspaper, gave driving lessons to a number of television presenters before retiring in 2005 to become a drama teacher. According to BBC News, she later worked as a presenter and became an after-dinner speaker.

In 1867, Thorn returned to Erie County, New York. He settled in East Hamburg, New York, where he established a successful apple orchard and potato farm. He also began writing sketches and essays and performing as a humorous lecturer and after-dinner speaker. The Buffalo Express newspaper of Buffalo, New York, began to publish his essays under the pseudonym "Hy Slocum," the first of which appeared on March 31, 1868, and discussed the presidential campaign of 1868. The author Samuel Clemens, popularly known as Mark Twain, bought a one-third-interest in the Express in August 1869, and thereafter many readers began to assume incorrectly that "Hy Slocum"'s humorous columns actually were the work of Clemens.

The series began in 1938 when Guedel made an audition recording, and the following year, his concept of a comedy stunt show aired in Los Angeles as Pull Over, Neighbor, later reworked into All Aboard. Watching a bored, unreceptive audience listening to an after-dinner speaker, Guedel scribbled, "People are funny, aren't they?" on a napkin, and he had his title. In 1942, learning of a show that was canceled, he pitched People Are Funny to NBC, and it went on the air April 10, 1942, with Art Baker as host. In a popular first-season stunt, a man was assigned to register a trained seal at the Knickerbocker Hotel while explaining that the seal was his girlfriend.

Major delivering a speech at Chatham House in 2010. Major has become an active after-dinner speaker, earning over £25,000 per engagement for his "insights and his own opinions" on politics and other matters according to his agency. Major is also actively involved in various think tanks: he is currently a president of Chatham House, a member of the International Advisory Boards of the Peres Center for Peace in Israel, the InterAction Council, the Baker Institute in Houston, and a Patron of the Atlantic Partnership. Major was also a Director with the Ditchley Foundation from 2000 to 2009, and a President of the influential centre-right think tank the Bow Group from 2012 to 2014.

Fink was much interested in the arts and literature and was widely read. In his earlier days he was well known as an excellent after-dinner speaker, and his witty speeches at social gatherings of artists and literary men were much appreciated. Though he was also well known in the business life of Melbourne as a lawyer and a power in the newspaper world, comparatively few people realized the full value of his educational work. The advance in education in Victoria during the first quarter of the twentieth century was based on the report of the commissions over which he presided, and his recognition of the ability of Frank Tate led to his appointment as director of education and the great expansion which followed.

It was not as an editor or a journalist for which Strickland will be remembered. He was had been a lyceum lecturer and after dinner speaker since 1899. Following three years on staff at the Baltimore American (1902-1905) he became a free-lance writer and by 1908 his poems were being published in the Saturday Evening Post, a magazine which would feature many of Strickland's poems in the years following. In addition to his many poems, Strickland Gillilan also penned short stories, wrote several songs (the most famous of which, the wickedly sharp The Poison Squad, is reputed to have led to the passage of the Food and Drug Act of 1906) as well as a number of novels that are still available on today's market.

Tony Bell (born 20 June 1958) is a freelance writer and journalist, known for his What's he on column in Cycling Weekly, where he was a columnist between 1994 and 2006. His popularity gained as a CW columnist led to engagements as an after-dinner speaker at cycling events. Bell is also a serious reporter with a degree in politics who has reported on race riots, gangland contracts, drugs wars and environmental and social issues in his native Merseyside for The Independent and The Observer. Following a road accident in which several members of Rhyl cycling club were killed, Bell criticized the attitudes of those such as Jeremy Clarkson, whose column in The Sun he considered anti- cyclist, and what he saw as the cynical attitude of motorists.

Cooper had become a "Name" at Lloyd's of London, and in the 1990s he was reportedly one of those who suffered enormous personal losses because of the unlimited liability which a "Name" was then responsible for, and he was forced to sell his Lonsdale belts. Subsequently, Cooper's popularity as an after dinner speaker provided a source of income, and he was in most respects a picture of contentment although becoming more subdued in the years following the death of his wife. Considering his long career, Cooper had suffered relatively little boxing-related damage to his health apart from "a bit of arthritis", remaining, in the words of one journalist, "the living manifestation of an age of tuxedos in ringside seats, Harry Carpenter commentaries, sponge buckets and 'seconds out'". He lived in Hildenborough, Kent, and he was the president of Nizels Golf Club in the town until his death.

Towards the end of his career, he turned out for non-league side Altrincham in the early 1980s, when they were competing in the Alliance Premier League (which became the Football Conference in 1986). He helped them win the Alliance Premier League title in 1980–81 (they had won it the 1979–80 season as well), but they did not win promotion to the Football League as the re-election system was still in place and the majority of the league's members voting against them joining the Football League, ending Stepney's hopes of a professional comeback. Stepney became a coach specialising in goalkeeping after he stopped playing, including a spell at Manchester City in 2000–01. He also works as an after-dinner speaker and currently hosts The Legends Football Phone in on 105.4 Century Radio in Manchester, replacing Mickey Thomas – another former Manchester United player.

Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies was a keen cricket fan and the match between his Prime Minister's XI and the touring team was one of the social highlights of the tour with an official reception the night before the match. Cricketers can become jaded over official functions and endless speeches as the tour progresses, but Menzies was a marvellous after-dinner speaker and proved to be highly entertaining.p135-136, Swanton, 1977 Five Australian captains graced his team; Lindsay Hassett, Ian Johnson, Arthur Morris, Ian Craig and Ray Lindwall as did the all-rounder Sam Loxton and a Victorian wicket-keeper called Les Botham. They batted first and the opener Morris hit 14 boundaries in his 79 and Brian James, a New South Wales Country player hit 5 sixes in his 88 before retiring hurt. Tom Graveney took 2/38 with his leg-spin and Jim Laker 2/61.

The Amazing Cristina at 66 Christine Danton (Shillaker), professionally billed as "The Amazing Cristina" is an Australian contortionist who is still performing her contortion act at the age of 67. Now celebrating over 50 years as a professional performer, Christine has been featured on several TV Shows, including "Just for the Record" and "Australia's Got Talent", and has worked internationally in theatre, film"Innocence" (2000) Written, Directed & Produced by Paul Cox and circus. In the early 1960s while performing in Europe, Christine was asked to pose for the medical journal "Hypermobility of Joints", and it was those b&w; images that were used in early (and possibly later) editions of that publication."Hypermobility of Joints" (Author- Peter Bieghton) Publisher - Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K; 2nd Revised edition (Aug 1989) Christine performs her contortion act on a regular basis and is also in great demand as an "After Dinner Speaker".

One historian has concluded that Hughes remained "an obscure backbencher" and politically his impact may have been small but his ability to entertain and divert the House of Commons was second to none and on more than one occasion his humour in debate transformed the atmosphere of the chamber from cold, hostile and partisan, or just plain bored, to one of comradeship and laughter.The Times, 12 March 1918 p7, Col 3The Times, 12 March 1918 p7, Col 6 Lloyd George described one speech as "extraordinarily brilliant" and his obituary in The Times concluded he was liked by everybody and the Press Gallery always had a warm corner in its heart for him. It is clear that Hughes' great strength was his ability with words, both on paper and as a public speaker. He was said to be the cleverest after-dinner speaker of his time and was constantly in demand at dinners and other occasions.

A charity collection for SSAFA – the Armed Forces Charity, raised more than £13,000 in donations. In 2019, speakers included Colin P. Smith, BAE Systems Chief Executive Charles Woodburn and former Home Secretary Alan Johnson. The 2020 Annual Dinner was addressed by the newly appointed ADS President Tony Wood (British businessman) and Rolls Royce Chief Executive Warren East, who both spoke about the importance of the aviation industry addressing the challenges posed by climate change and acting firmly to cut carbon emissions, as well as the value of industrial strategy partnership between industry and Government. The after-dinner speaker was Eliza Manningham-Buller the former Director-General of MI5, while the dinner was also addressed by speakers from Armed Forces charity SSAFA and Invictus UK. Clare Balding was booked to speak at the 2020 annual dinner, to be held at an undisclosed venue in London, but cancelled after being contacted by Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT), which pointed out that ADS members included companies whose weapons were being used in the Yemen civil war.

She began her career in news journalism as the presenter of Anglia Television’s daily evening news programme for seven years in addition to presenting network holiday and travel programmes, her own daily interview series on Lifestyle Television, Radio 2, Premier Radio and other long-term programmes for London Weekend, Thames and BFBS Television. She is an after dinner speaker and conference host and has compered televised recordings in venues such as the Sydney Opera House and the Royal Albert Hall in London, is now often asked to compere large orchestral or musical events at symphony halls and theatres around the country. In January 2015 she presented the "Songs of Dre's" feature on BBC Radio 2's "Dermot O'Leary Show". Rhodes also established herself as a mainstream author, with five novels: With Hearts and Hymns and Voices (Lion Hudson); The Trespassers, Whispers, Ties That Bind and Letting Go (all for Hodder and Stoughton Publishers); Coming Through (Macmillan Publishing); Colours for the Soul, As Time Goes By and Love Bites (all quotation books for Lion Hudson) and Hear My Song (SPCK Publishing).

The list began with Copson and continued with Cliff Gladwin, Les Jackson, Harold Rhodes, Alan Ward, Mike Hendrick and, most recently, Devon Malcolm and Dominic Cork. Spin was in short supply apart from the steady work of Edwin Smith and the under- rated all-rounder Geoff Miller, the current national selector of the England team and noted after-dinner speaker. The signing of Eddie Barlow, the famous South African, in 1976 and the lengthy period under the captaincy of Kim Barnett, starting in 1983, meant the side were rarely uncompetitive. Derbyshire were crowned County Championship Division Two champions in 2012 after securing a 6-wicket victory over Hampshire on the final day of the season at the County Ground, as Karl Krikken's side won promotion after securing more wins over the course of the season than Yorkshire who also finished the campaign on 194 points. After the conclusion of the 2013 season, Derbyshire announced a new Elite Cricket Performance model in the next phase of the Club’s quest for sustainable on-field success across all three domestic competitions, combined with the desire to produce England cricketers.

Largely celebrating American democracy and the friendship between France and the USA, Depew, likely referring to the recent Haymarket affair, also remarked, "The rays from this beacon, lighting this gateway to the continent, will welcome the poor and the persecuted with the hope and promise of homes and citizenship. It will teach them that there is room and brotherhood for all who will support our institutions and aid in our development; but that those who come to disturb our peace and dethrone our laws are aliens and enemies forever." Depew was also a distinguished orator and after-dinner speaker, and published many of those speeches: Orations and After Dinner Speeches (1890), Life and Later Speeches (1894), Orations, Addresses and Speeches (eight volumes) (1910), Speeches and Addresses on the threshold of Eighty (1912), Addresses and Literary Contributions on the Threshold of Eighty-two (1916), Speeches and Literary Contributions on the Threshold of Eighty-four (1918), My Memories of Eighty Years and Marching On a/k/a My Autobiography (1922); Miscellaneous Speeches on the Threshold of Ninety-two (1925); and an article to the 50th Anniversary Supplement of the Yale Daily News entitled "An Optimistic Survey" in 1928. Recordings of his speeches were commercially issued as gramophone discs by Zonophone Records in the late 1890s.