Whos Who
Peter Tompkins
Peter Tompkins was born in Liverpool in 1959 but has lived in the South-East since 1982, these days splitting his time between London and Cambridge and occasional trips to the Lake District. Peter is a consulting actuary with Callund Consulting and... read more »
Susan McKenna
Susan McKenna has a background in teaching English and French, sales, marketing, business development and management. She was Sales & Marketing Director with prestigious companies supplying consumer goods to retail in the UK and abroad from 2001 to 2016, then owner of her own... read more »
Ray Ward
Ray Ward was born in Sheffield in 1947 and is retired after a career in libraries of many kinds in Sheffield, London, South Wales, Bristol, Leeds, Hastings, Brighton and, briefly, Saudi Arabia. He is a Chartered Librarian and has a BA (Hons.) in Politics from... read more »
Bernard Lamb
Dr Bernard Lamb joined the Society as a life member in 1981 and has been President since 2007. He is the author of three of the Society's research books based on national surveys, and of "The QES Practical Guide to Punctuation". "The Queen's English and... read more »
Joseph Francis
I grew up in Lincoln and served for four years in the Grenadier Guards, participating in royal ceremonial occasions such as Trooping the Colour in 2007. Following my military service, I worked for several London-based charities, where I developed expertise in community... read more »
CHARIS SYKESUD
Charis Sykesud is a London-based musician, whose number one love is playing the violin. As a freelance, she performs both orchestrally and in chamber ensembles. When she’s not playing the violin, Charis is often found writing programme notes or on a tennis... read more »