Cambridge-based educationalist and historian Richard Gibbons will again be presenting live multimedia talks and his own video productions, including much original footage, on some of the vital turning points of World War II.

Educated at Cambridge and the son of a Royal Marine who fought throughout World War II, Richard was a teacher for 25 years before becoming an educational adviser and a specialist in dispute resolution.

He has made a lifetime study of 20^th century military and political history and travels the country giving dramatic presentations on World War II and Cold War topics. Working as ‘C20 Studies', he also designs and produces video displays for museums, clubs, schools and other organisations. 

His recent book, Cold War-A Journey in Words & Pictures-- which is also available as a CD-ROM and as an educational resource for use in the classroom, brings together recollections of many ordinary people who lived through the Cold War.

"Brought up as I was," he says, "just a mile from RAF Greenham Common meant that I was bound to be fascinated by 20th century history. As a little boy I used to watch the huge American B-47s belching out their brown smoke as they lifted off and, later, witnessed the dramatic events that took place around the deployment of Cruise missiles to Greenham."

He also has vivid memories of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, when the world came perilously near to nuclear war: "I was only a child but I remember reading the fear in the adults' eyes as they went about their business. Living so close to such a major target meant that any day could have been our last..............."