Celebrity guests and experts

Enjoy inspiring craft workshops on board with Julie Peasgood. Projects include making bespoke Rhine-themed bags, cartonnage scissor cases, resin key rings and cork jewellery. With a multi-faceted career as an actress in three of UK's top soaps Emmerdale, Brookside and Hollyoaks, Julie is also a television presenter, award-winning author and events host. Whilst on board, Julie will be giving a talk about her varied career.

Horticulturalist Anne Swithinbank’s fascination with plants and nature began at a young age and led her to study for her Kew Diploma in Horticulture. For the last 30 years she has been a regular panellist on Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time, and she continues to write for Amateur Gardening magazine.

Anne will give two on-board talks, one talk will focus on how to make your garden wildlife friendly and the second will include tips on how to introduce scent to your garden.

Oz Clarke is one of the world’s leading wine experts, whose formidable reputation is based on his extensive wine knowledge and abundant enthusiasm. His passion for the subject dates from his student days at Oxford University, where he won tasting competitions at an early age.

Since then his tasting skills have won him an international reputation, and he is acknowledged as having one of the finest palates of anyone writing about wine today. Oz’s frequent BBC television and radio appearances are broadcast around the world. Before wine took over his life in 1984, Oz was a full-time actor and singer, appearing in West End hit shows such as ‘Evita’, ‘Sweeney Todd’ and ‘The Mitford Girls’, and touring with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Oz will entertain you with two on-board talks during your cruise.