I am a writer, researcher, public speaker and tour guide based in the Wirral. I have written comedy material for performers including Steve Coogan, Simon Pegg, Milton Jones, Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis, Smack the Pony, Hale and Pace and many others. I wrote the script for Craig Revel Horwood’s recent one-man tour show and I have worked with comedian and presenter Griff Rhys Jones for over 25 years on comedy shows, documentaries and his recent live tours. In 2022 I helped legendary Liverpool comedy group the Scaffold (John Gorman, Mike McCartney and Roger McGough) put together their triumphant 60th anniversary reunion shows at the Everyman Theatre. I have also written over 60 published books
My talks all last around 50 minutes (or can be adjusted according to requirements). They are illustrated throughout using Powerpoint which I can show via my own projector and screen.
Beatles' Early Years In Liverpool and Merseyside
A talk that takes the audience on a virtual tour around multiple locations with Beatle associations in Liverpool and Wirral. The presentation details historic moments in the early days of the greatest band in popular music and how these played out in places that are, for residents of Merseyside, surprisingly close to home.
The Beatles Through the 1960s in Wirral, Liverpool and Beyond
A follow up talk that continues the Beatles’ story through their heyday in the 1960s from the angle of often surprising links back to the Wirral and Liverpool. This is a completely different presentation to Beatles’ Early Years In Liverpool and Merseyside but one which is similarly full of humour, fantastic facts and wonderful memories.
Sex, Drugs and Queen Victoria
The story of how the most notorious and dangerous illegal drugs of the 20th and 21st centuries were first launched during Queen Victoria’s reign by well established and reputable pharmaceutical companies as mass produced commercially available patent medicines.
My Life With Griff Rhys Jones
A look at Griff's incredible career including tales of some of his most extraordinary exploits and adventures involving wildlife, royalty, historic events and extremely dangerous stunts – not to mention his partnership with Mel Smith!
Mike Haskins
078805 88404
mike@mikehaskins.plus.com