Marianne Talbot

Thrown out of school at 15 for truancy and disruption Marianne travelled the world on her own before discovering philosophy during an Open University Foundation Course.

Marianne is now Director of Studies in Philosophy at Oxford University's Department for Continuing Education, having taught for the colleges of Oxford University since 1987. Podcasts of Marianne's lectures have twice been global number one on the University of iTunes (iTunesU). The lectures are: 'A Romp Through the History of Philosophy' and 'The Nature of Arguments'. Together they have been downloaded 4 million times. They are available on Marianne's personal website: www.mariannetalbot.co.uk or via Oxford University's Philosophy Faculty Website: http://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/podcasts

Marianne's latest book is *Critical Reasoning: A Romp Through the Foothills of Logic*, which was published as an e-book in 2014.

Marianne was a carer for 14 years for her beloved parents, both of whom had dementia. For five years Marianne's Mum, who had Alzheimer's, lived with her until, 6 months before her death, she went into a nursing home. Marianne chronicles the love and laughter, and tears and traumas of caring in her book Keeping Mum: Caring For Someone With Dementia. The book has its own website which can be accessed here: www.keepingmum.org.uk