Felicity Goodall

Felicity is an experienced broadcaster on television and radio at local and national level, including an appearance on The One Show. She is also an experienced and entertaining public speaker who enjoys bringing history to life for her audience.

She has spoken at the National Army Museum in London and Battersea Arts Centre as well as many venues throughout Devon. She has spoken to groups such as the University of the Third Age, local history societies, Probus, Rotary and the Women’s Institute as well as primary and secondary schools.  

Talks Offered :

• Seeking Mea Allan– First woman on a Fleet Street news desk, war correspondent and biographer of some of the great names of the gardening world. A pioneer with a secret life – Publication date July 2026.
• One Woman’s War – World War II through the eyes of war correspondent Mea Allan.
• Exodus Burma – The forgotten story of half a million people who walked from Burma to India with the invading Japanese army at their heels.
• Lost Devon – Forgotten stories from Devon’s past.
• Lost Plymouth – Forgotten stories from Plymouth’s past.
• The Joy of Archives – a romp through some of the stories Felicity has unearthed in archives all over Britain.
• The People’s War – Stories from the Home Front in WWII.
• Conscientious Objectors in two World Wars – what it means to swim against the tide of public opinion and refuse to fight.
• The History of the Victorian Christmas Card – a family story. The firm Charles Goodall and Sons was one of the first commercial producers of Christmas cards and credited with the association of the robin with Christmas.
• The English Teacher – A personal story – teaching English to street children and orphans in a Burmese monastery. 

All speaker fees go to help support two monastery schools that give free education to street children and those from conflict zones in Myanmar.