Ed Patmore

Ever wanted to lie through your teeth and reap a roaring applause for it? Or maybe you think yourself gifted in distinguishing truths from lies?

Late one Friday evening after a few beers I came home and decided to have a browse around the internet, somehow I ended up at the webpage for an upcoming TEDx event at Russell Square. Now it is definitely a…

Toastmasters is all about improving, rehearsing, practising. We are all from different backgrounds, but we realise how important is public speaking, and that’s what we have in common. Every six month we have a contest. It all starts with the…

We all come to Toastmasters to improve our public speaking skills. Many of us started out scared of standing in front of a room with 2 people in it – and have progressed to confidentially giving speeches in front of…

Christmas time is littered with speaking opportunities – the office party, a family gathering, the queens speech.  Whilst many of us won’t have the pressure of that falls on the shoulders on our monarch, there still might be times when…