Stuart Flitton
Speaker Topics
General Interest, History
Locations Covered
Anywhere, South East, South West, London
Fees
£75 - £150
Availability
Short Notice
Profile Bio
I have been a newspaper journalist for over 45 years. I started as a
reporter at The Star in Johannesburg in the late 1970s and spent 22
years a as sub-editor at The Times in London.
I have given my talk more than 50 times to WIs, Probus, U3A and other
groups. I am a confident public a speaker and have acted in
non-professional theatre for over 20 years and am in a professional
murder mystery group.
Talk Description
Journalism, My Part In It's Survival
Journalism is often called “the first draft of history” and I have been
lucky enough to have had a front seat to some of the most important
events in the past 45 years and an inside track to the people involved.
I have been privileged to witness the dramatic changes in South Africa
over the past decades, edited breaking news from across the world and
interviewed fascinating people. I want to share with you how a newspaper
is put together and how this has changed over the years. My talk
includes being caught up in riots, drinking tequila with Freddy Mercury,
wandering the pit lanes at Formula One Grand Prix and missing out on
becoming a Chippendale.
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