Frances is a perennial repotter…

Now in the springtime of her senility, she has worked all over the world as an international conference interpreter, writer, broadcaster, keynote speaker, building contractor, business development networker and, latterly, Stanford University fellow researching the issues surrounding longevity. Frances’s early books on sport so upset the British blazer brigade that she had to seek refuge in Australia. There, she was summarily dismissed as anchor of a top-rated breakfast TV show when a decidedly dodgy limerick generated national melt-down. It’s been said that Frances, like Oscar Wilde, would happily to go to jail for the sake of a good one-liner. True to form, whilst covering a cricket tour in the Caribbean, she was advised to leave a certain island in a hurry following her comments on the top brass who all seemed too cosily interrelated. Although she now prefers playing bridge to dodging death threats, her curiosity, energy and love of lifelong learning still impel her to explore exciting, new territory. Her current mission is to inspire repotters of all generations to flourish with a continuous process of personal renewal based on wellness, purpose, community and an ability, when necessary, to laugh at themselves. 

Frances holds a Masters degree in modern languages from Cambridge University. As a Fellow of the Distinguished Careers Institute, Stanford University, her research focussed on the social, health and financial issues surrounding longevity. She is a founder member, fellow and award-winning speaker of the UK’s Professional Speaking Association. Her previous books, which have been extensively translated and published worldwide, include: Another Bloody Tour; Cricket XXXX Cricket; Members Only; Samson and Delilah; Star of Heaven; Games; Winning the Game of Life. Frances has worked extensively for national and independent TV and radio in UK and Australia and has written for a wide range of publications on sport, politics and cross-cultural communication. She speaks four languages and is fond of inventing additional words of her own.