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 of Trips for BBC TV's The Travel Show

 

Across Canada with the Boys and Three Grannies

 

We Sons of World War Two Dads

 

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Teaching Shakespeare to Prisoners.

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

 

The latest, Episode 11 - Arthur and Syd, has just been published (20th Jan 2026). It is an interview with comedian Arthur Smith about his dad, Syd, who became a prisoner of war at El Alamein and ended up in Colditz.

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Among recent Shakespeare workshops Matthew has run are Speaking Shakespeare's Ghosts sessions (open to the public) in London's Brompton Cemetery. And school workshops in Kensington's Lycée Charles de Gaulle.​​​

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More Speaking Shakespeare workshops (which explore participants' voices as well as Shakespearean texts) will be on offer later this year.

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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.