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Matthew Collins

  Speaker | Writer | Voice Coach

"We Sons of WW2 Vets" Podcaster

 

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.

Matthew runs presentation, public speaking and Explore Your Voice by Speaking Shakespeare workshops.

He gives regular talks and speeches:

 

Corporate/Social

 

Funny/Serious

 

Entertaining/Informative.

 

Subjects include:

 

Ten Years of Trips for BBC TV's The Travel Show

 

Across Canada with the Boys and Three Grannies

 

How Shakespeare Can Improve Your Public Speaking

 

Teaching ​Shakespeare In Prison

We Sons and Daughters of WW2 Veterans

Last 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 Veterans, a podcast about men who fought in World War Two whose stories are told by their sons.

​​​Among recent Shakespeare workshops Matthew has run are:

Speaking Shakespeare's Ghosts in Brompton Cemetery

 

Speaking Shakespeare's Women in a Chiswick pub.

School workshops in Kensington's Lycée Charles de Gaulle.​​​​​​

His next Shakespeare session, open to the public, will be Speaking Shakespeare's Sonnets in the Brompton Cemetery chapel on 25 June 2026 (5.45-7.45pm)

To book tickets (£15pp) - see below. 

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

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For a full bio of Matthew, click here.

And for information about talks/speeches; corporate/social/individual voice work; and Explore Your Voice by Speaking Shakespeare workshops, please contact Matthew via the form below.

And to book a place on Matthew's Speaking Shakespeare's Sonnets workshop in the Brompton Cemetery chapel on 25 June (5.45-745pm), visit Eventbrite here:  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/explore-shakespeare-sonnets-by-speaking-them-in-brompton-cemeterys-chapel-tickets-1990882894330?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&sg=4e15e8032ffdfe5f5a361908edd697671f56da23d0e0b841b38e31ade0e9c823e399c44246ba1414c66b82599eb96f76a7763778386e1f1eeaa49a2fcd2067ab67e3f9a3164941ab3095fbc96b

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