Pathways to Triumph

Shelley Bridgman

Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:08:57 GMT

Performance mindset coach, keynote speaker and author, Shelley Bridgman, tells her story. From difficult beginnings she grappled with gender identity and became a trailblazer.

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Philippa Charles

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 11:17:16 GMT

Philippa Charles was brought up in Dublin. She read law at Oxford before becoming a solicitor. She is now a leading international arbiter.

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Fiona Spargo-Mabbs OBE

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:08:45 GMT

Fiona Spargo-Mabbs OBE suffered a terrible loss when her teenage son, Dan, died from a drug overdose. The tragedy prompted her to found a drug education charity. Here she tells her story.

http://www.dsmfoundation.org.uk/

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Hilary Briggs

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 14:39:42 GMT

Hilary Briggs read Engineering at Cambridge. She had a varied and successful career as a production manager and managing director. She discovered an appetite for triathlons and became a European and World Champion at her age level. She speaks professionally on resilience.

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John Fullwood

Thu, 01 May 2025 10:30:05 GMT

John Fullwood was born with severe sight deficiency and is now completely blind. He gained two degrees and worked as a Systems Engineer in Mathematical Modelling. He tells us how he plays chess, rows, sings in a choir and rides a tandem with his wife.

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Terry Rockell

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 20:09:39 GMT

Terry Rockell is Director of Security at the Ritz Hotel in London. He was born in 1961. He served 29 years in the London Metropolitan Police where he was a detective in the Flying Squad and worked in the anti-terrorist unit.. At different times he was stabbed, shot and blown up. He shares some of his experiences, good and bad

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David Arundale

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:21:04 GMT

David Arundale is a Yorkshireman who supports Manchester United. He has had a long and successful business career and a distinguished service in the Catenian association where he has held many positions including GB National President.

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Jane Casey

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 16:19:09 GMT

Jane Casey is a bestselling crime writer who was born and brought up in Dublin. She has written twelve crime novels for adults (including ten in the Maeve Kerrigan series) and three for teenagers (the Jess Tennant series). The Maeve Kerrigan series has been nominated for many awards. Her novel The Killing Kind was recently filmed for television.

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Gwynne Evans

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 13:54:27 GMT

Paul Sloane interviews Gwynne Evans OBE about his childhood, his rugby playing days and his career in the Civil Service where he rose to a high rank in the Department of Education and worked with Margaret Thatcher among others.

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Maria Franzoni

Tue, 02 Jul 2024 15:24:45 GMT

Maria Franzoni's parents were Italian immigrants who came to England. She has built a sucessful speaker agency business. She tells stories about her life, who she has met and lessons she has learnt.

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Dimis Michaelides

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:32:15 GMT

Dimis is an amusing and fascinating speaker. His talks involve creativity, innovation, humour and magic. He is the author of The Art of Innovation: Integrating Creativity in Organizations.

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Philip Anderson

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 21:53:10 GMT

Philip Anderson was highly successful in business and had a wonderful family life. He was struck down with a wasting condition in his muscles which has left him in a wheelchair and without the use of his limbs. His story is touching and uplifting. He died on October 28 2022. Some of his moving insights are expressed in his articles here https://www.independentliving.co.uk/philip-anderson/being-mortal/

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Farouk Massouh

Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:05:24 GMT

Interview with a doctor telling the story of his journey from a village in Syria via Moscow and Abu Dhabi to becoming a leading keyhole surgeon in England.

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Celia Delaney

Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:37:39 GMT

Comedian, MC, songwriter and speaker Celia Delaney shares some stories about her journey from a Sheffield comprehensive school to Oxford University and the Edinburgh Fringe.

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Peter Dorling

Fri, 10 Nov 2017 14:24:17 GMT

Peter was on the staff of the BBC for 40 years. He began in the BBC’s overseas services with audiences of 100 million people when he read the news. He then transferred to BBC Television News where he spent 30 years as producer, reporter, interviewer, news presenter, and film-director. He shares some fascinating stories.

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Gordon Tredgold

Sun, 05 Nov 2017 19:25:29 GMT

Gordon is an author and speaker on leadership. He shares some stories from his life and lessons on 360 degree leadership.

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Henry Coop

Sat, 21 Oct 2017 09:49:00 GMT

14 year-old Henry Coop describes his first year at England's top boarding school, Eton.

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Ajaz Ahmed

Mon, 09 Oct 2017 08:15:46 GMT

Ajaz Ahmed is an entrepreneur, author, CEO and founder of innovation marketing agency AKQA with offices around the world and many top clients.

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James Corrigan

Thu, 14 Sep 2017 08:06:27 GMT

Major James Corrigan (born 1924) joined the Durham Light Infantry at the age of 17. He took part in the Sicily landing and the D-Day landing. He was mentioned in dispatches and was awarded the Legion d’Honneur and the Croix de Guerre. Here he recounts some of his memories to Paul Sloane. He died on November 10 2021 aged 97.

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Jeremy Nicholas

Mon, 04 Sep 2017 10:24:33 GMT

Broadcaster, author and speaking coach, Jeremy Nicholas talks to Paul Sloane. He tells stories of some of his great interviews including when Brian Clough punched him and when he annoyed Christopher Lee. He explains why and how humour should be included in speeches.

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Pam Warren

Thu, 17 Aug 2017 15:32:17 GMT

Pam Warren became famous as the Lady in the Mask after she suffered horrific burns in the Paddington Train Crash. She tells Paul Sloane the story of how she recovered and became an eminent author and speaker.

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Richard McCann

Mon, 07 Aug 2017 15:24:32 GMT

At the age of five Richard McCann lost his mother; she was the ﬁrst victim of the notorious Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe. Despite other tragic incidents, drugs and prison, Richard turned his life around. He grew to become one of the UK’s top motivational speakers. Here he shares his story of his journey together with insights and lessons for speakers and anyone who faces adversity.

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Mike Roycroft

Thu, 27 Jul 2017 08:27:56 GMT

Paul Sloane interviews Brigadier Mike Roycroft. In a 30 year career in the British Army Mike rose to the rank of Brigadier. He served in Germany and Northern Ireland. He shares stories and lessons from the major change programmes he led both in the army and in the charities sector. He is now CEO of the St Raphael's Hospice in London. He died from cancer in 2023.

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David Gurteen

Thu, 13 Jul 2017 15:32:46 GMT

Paul Sloane interviews David Gurteen, creator of the Gurteen Knowledge Cafe. He is an expert on knowledge management and organisational learning. Here he explains exactly what a knowledge cafe is. He tells us why he thinks most people do not have effective conversations. He shares stories and learnings from cafes he has run around the world.

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Cary Hobbs

Fri, 30 Jun 2017 08:33:58 GMT

Paul Sloane interviews Cary Hobbs who as a teenager hosted Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly on his radio show. He went on to a successful career in IBM and Ashton-Tate. He is an accomplished musician and entertainer.

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Des MacHale

Tue, 27 Jun 2017 13:36:20 GMT

Paul Sloane interviews his co-author Des MacHale, formerly professor of Mathematics at Cork University. Des talks about his life-long love of humour, puzzles and Maths. And he reveals the infamous joke told to him by his hero, Marshall McLuhan.

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Brian McBride

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 09:12:05 GMT

Paul Sloane interviews Brian McBride. He was the UK chief executive for Dell, T-Mobile and Amazon and a Director of Celtic FC. He is now chairman of ASOS and a popular speaker on Digital Marketing. He reveals the remarkable interview question which Jeff Bezos asked him.

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Bob Archer

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 08:56:03 GMT

Paul Sloane interviews Bob Archer, a former wrestling champion and music impresario. He ran music venues and nightclubs where he met the Beatles, the Who, Elton John and many others.

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Peter Black

Tue, 20 Jun 2017 11:35:19 GMT

Paul Sloane interviews Peter Black an eminent architect who designed many buildings, was arrested by Uday Hussein (son of Saddam Hussein) and met Mother Theresa. He died on Dec 16 2024.

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John Spiers

Tue, 20 Jun 2017 11:09:58 GMT

Paul Sloane interviews John Spiers, founder of Best Invest, CEO of EQ Investors. He is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, motor racer and croquet champion.

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