“She’s in Broadstairs….!”

Donna Williams’ 2009 UK Tour Dates

Half Man Half Biscuit fans, I do apologise for my attempt at link baiting hoping you would expect an article on the above song from their 2002 album Cammell Laird Social Club.

More seriously, the tour dates for Donna Williams’ UK lecture tour have been revealed on her website.  This time, there are no dates for the North West though the most northerly date is at Middlesbrough.  Her penultimate tour date will be in the Kent seaside town of Broadstairs (hence the title).

Dates:

• 03/10/2009: Fareham / Oxford;
• 05/10/2009: Pontypridd;
• 06/10/2009: Nailsea / Bristol;
• 07/10/2009: Birmingham;
• 08/10/2009: Wrexham;
• 09/10/2009: Newry;
• 10/10/2009: Doncaster;
• 12/10/2009: Middlesbrough;
• 13/10/2009: Peterborough;
• 15/10/2009: Dublin;
• 16/10/2009: Broadstairs;
• 17/10/2009: London.

All dates may be subject to change.  Check the Events section of Donna’s website for details.

To any regular readers of this blog who may be interested in seeing one of her seminars, you will be in for a treat.  I am not just saying that because I know her as a good friend.  As well as being informed you will also be entertained by her approach on discussing autism spectrum disorders.

Half Man Half Biscuit fans on or off the autism spectrum, you may wish to attend the Broadstairs lecture, visit the place itself properly, stay overnight and leave home the following morning.  Sadly I cannot speak for the qualities of Broadstairs as I have never been!

S.V., 20 August 2009.

Postscript (01 October 2009): Donna’s final UK venue will be at Farnborough, not London.  I will be going to the Wrexham, Doncaster and Middlesbrough lectures, so if in the unlikely event you see me, make yourself known. Middlesbrough also has a place in HMHB History in that Hedley Verity was born there (hence ‘Hedley Verityesque’ on their 1991 album ‘Macintyre, Treadmore and Davitt’.

Three Sparky Individuals, Two Lectures, One Amazing Day

Out on the road with Donna Williams in Burnley and Aintree.

Friday 19th September 2008 will go down as one of my greatest days in the near three decades of my existence on this planet of ours.

Ever The Honorary Northern Autie

Donna Williams to do 6 lectures in the North of England.

It is that time of the year again (and in case any regular readers ask, it is not Christmas).  Autie raconteur Donna Williams is to do 6 lectures in the North of England as part of her UK tour.  For anyone unfamiliar with her works, she is an established author and consultant in the field of autism spectrum disorders and an all round renaissance woman with a wealth of creative talent from singing to painting and poetry.

As with previous years, most venues are easy to get to on public transport and priced within easy reach of most incomes.

Her Northern lectures:

• Manchester: 13 September;
• Sunderland: 18 September;
• Leeds: 18 September;
• Burnley: 19 September;
• Liverpool: 19 September;
• Sheffield: 20 September.

For further details, click on the Blogroll link to Donna Williams’ website.  Tickets are only available on a ‘first come first served’ basis, so be quick as her lectures are extremely popular.

S.V., 28 August 2008.

Lift Off (With Donna and the Aspinauts)

A exciting new socially aware band about to hit the street

First came Kraut Rock, then Alt Rock. Now we have Aut Rock.