How about booking
Anton to give a talk at one of your group meetings? Anton has a deserved
reputation as a speaker who can captivate and educate his audiences on a vast
array of subjects. His talks are always lively and stimulating and are
illustrated with slides of his drawings. For his travelogues, the sketches
were generally made at the time and bring his vivid descriptions to life.
Please browse through the categorised titles and if you would like to book a talk,
contact Anton (+44 (0)117 964 1667).
TRAVEL
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A wedding in Japan
- Syrian mountain village
- Aboriginal reservations in the Northern Territory, Australia
- Canadian Pacific Railway
- Journey up the Nile
- Village life in Poland
- Palestinian and Jordanian homes
- The Anton Tuition Centre - an educational centre in South India
- Guests of a feudal zemindar in Sindh, Pakistan
- The Trans-Siberian Railway
- A wedding in Lodi, North Italy
- Hong Kong Highrise - at home with the Cantonese
- At home with blacks, whites and coloureds in South Africa
- The Armenian community in Istanbul
- A journey by train from Pekin to Canton
- Island-hopping in Indonesia
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Across USA by Greyhound
- Germany - before re-unification
- A bush town in Delta Province, Nigeria
- In search of Mayan culture in Mexico and Guatemala
- History of the Gold Coast - from the slave trade to the present
- Around Australia by Ansett Pioneer super-cruiser
- My visits to Russian homes, mostly in Siberia
- My visits to homes in Alsace and Brittany
- Christmas in Andalusia
- A French Canadian wedding, Montreal
- Two excursions into Guyana, South America, 1989 and 1982
- The Danish Experience - Roskilde and Copenhagen
- Historical research in Sri Lanka
- At home with Sudanese friends, Omdurman
- A Macedonian experience - mostly in Thessalonica
- Visit to an oasis in Baluchistan
- A tour round North Island, New Zealand with New Zealanders
- Silver Lake, Hollywood; with a family in Los Angeles
- Journey into the bush - Kenyan Highlands
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At home with a Parsee family, Bombay
- Manaus, Belam, Brazilia and Rio: a week in Brazil
- Village life and festivals in Oyabu, Shikoku Island, Japan
- Overland to Calcutta for £44
- Tour of the Crimea
- Sicily 2004
- Cyprus 2005
- Malta 2005
- Visits to the Outer Hebrides
- Rhodes 2006
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LOCAL HISTORY
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ENTHUSIASMS
- History from old coins
- History from old maps
- My ghastly ancestors
- Fashion plates, 1720 - 1800
- Cartoons and caricatures, 1720 - 1960
- A light-hearted look at church monuments and epitaphs
- Christmas customs in different lands
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OTHERS
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Encounters with the natural and supernatural at a cottage in Snowdonia
- My life with the gentry
- The University of Withywood - an educational experiment
- Doormats and hearthrugs I have slept on
- To Buckingham Palace for my MBE
- Sir Granville Bantock, composer
- Anton Chekov
- "The Golden Angel"
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