About Quentin de la Bédoyère (The fine portrait on this page is by his friend, the beautiful
Jacqueline
Alma ©)
The
Home
Page
of Quentin
de la
Bédoyère
This is
the Home Page of a writer, speaker, artist and poet. You will find
plenty of art, poetry and topical comment to
enjoy, and plenty to challenge you. Just browse from subject to
subject.
And,
where I grab your attention, stop, read, look and think.
§
About
me
(see below)
§ My own art gallery
§ Poems – light and serious Link to SecondSight Blog here§
Maxims
to
provoke you
§ Joie de Vivre – Occasional and topical comment
§ Useful links here
About Quentin de
la
Bédoyère (The
fine
portrait on this page
is by his friend,
the beautiful Jacqueline
Alma ©)
Married
for more than 50 years to Irené, with 5 children and 14
grandchildren, he has had
a full
life. Here
are just a few examples:—
o
In his
youth he spoke at Marble Arch (Speakers’ Corner), taking on
all comers.
It was scary
but fun to build a crowd from nothing, to entertain them, teach them
and to
deal with all those welcome hecklers. Welcome?
You
can’t build a crowd
without
hecklers.
o
In his
maturity he is on the professional speaking circuit –
addressing a
variety of audiences
(many of them blue-chip companies) at their conferences and after
dinner. He
usually speaks about persuasive communication: every audience needs to
know
about the psychological techniques that really make people change their
minds.
But listening
has to be fun. And they can
heckle, too.
o
He spent
around 20 years as a marriage counsellor, much of it working in a
deprived area
of south
o
Much of
his
professional life has been spent in Financial Services. He retired as
managing
director of a large unit trust (mutual funds) company which he had
initiated
himself.
o
He is an
artist, painting in a variety of mediums – water colour,
acrylic,
pastel and oil. And he has been fortunate to exhibit in great galleries
like the Mall
Gallery,
the Llewellyn Alexander Gallery, and the Society of Graphic Fine Art.
In 2002,
Her Majesty the Queen was graciously pleased to accept his portrait of
her
mother, Queen Elizabeth. Examples on this site.
o
He has
written several books – from Getting
Your
Own Way in Business to Autonomy and
Obedience in the Catholic Church.
His latest book, Drawing Techniques,
(Search
Press) was published on 15
September 2008.
o
He is
Science Editor of the The
Catholic Herald, for which he
has been a a regular
columnist, feature writer and reviewer for many years. Visit his Science and
Faith blog,
read and contribute to the discussions. Some of his occasional
writings are
available on this site.
o
His
eldest
son is Guy de la Bédoyère, the
distinguished historian
and archaeologist. When
he is not on television, he is writing books. When Quentin and his
brother are
in their
graves he will be the next Marquis de la
Bédoyère. Read
more about him at his Website
. He drew the all-too-accurate cartoon of his father ©.
o
Read more
about Quentin in Debrett’s People
of Today
and Who’s
Who in Catholic Life.
Contact him
by pasting
'quentin@greenyonder.co.uk' into an email, remembering to change
'green' to 'blue'.
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