Matthew Collins is a writer, speaker and voice coach. He spent twelve years as a TV presenter. He raised two sons alone. And he spent ten years teaching in prisons.

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Matthew runs presentation, public speaking and Explore Shakespeare workshops for businesses, schools and social organisations.

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He gives regular talks and speeches - corporate/social; funny/serious; entertaining and informative.

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Subjects include Ten Years on BBC TV's The Travel Show; Across Canada with the Boys and Three Grannies;  World War Two Dads; and Teaching Shakespeare to Prisoners.

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This year he spoke at The European Speechwriters Network conference at Exeter College, Oxford.

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And he launched We Sons of World War Two Vets, a podcast about men who fought in World War Two whose stories are told by their sons. The latest, Episode 10 - Ray and Nick, about Royal Navy engineer, Nick Wells, has just been published (October '25).

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Recently, he also ran a Speaking Shakespeare workshop in West London's famous Brompton Cemetery. The workshop toured Shakespeare-related graves then moved to the chapel where ghost-related texts (from Hamlet; Richard III; Julius Caesar; and Macbeth) were explored using spoken voice exercises.

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More Speaking Shakespeare workshops (in London and elsewhere) will be on offer soon.

 

For information about talks, voice work (corporate / individual / public speaking, sales or general voice work ) and Speaking Shakespeare workshops, please contact Matthew via the form below.

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For more information about the We Sons of World War Two Vets podcast click here.

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And for more info about Matthew himself click here.