Over 350 women from throughout the North-East of Scotland will attend this year's fully subscribed University of Aberdeen Ladies' Luncheon to be held tomorrow (Thursday, September 15) at The Marcliffe at Pitfodels.
This year's guest speaker will be Isabel Losada who has had a varied and distinguished career as an actress, writer and broadcaster. She joins a cast of illustrious previous speakers: Lady Clare Macdonald (1995), Liz Lochhead (1996), Iain Cuthbertson (1997), Lady Howe (1998), University Rector, Clarissa Dickson Wright (1999), Fiona Kennedy (2000), Susan Rice (2001), Sandy Gall (2002), Jack Webster (2003), and Kate Adie (2004).
(2003), and Kate Adie (2004).
Isabel Losada has inspired thousands of women who have been captivated by her irreverent yet open-minded, funny and always honest approach.
Her varied career path has included being a singer, dancer and TV producer. These days along with writing her active broadcasting career means she's a regular contributor to programmes on the BBC, Radio 2 and 4 and the BBC World Service.
She wowed audiences at her two sell out-events at the University’s Word Festival this year.
Her first book on finding inner harmony, The Battersea Park Road to Enlightenment, became an instant best-seller. It was chosen as Radio 4’s Book of the Week and Isabel performed it herself for the series. The Battersea Park Road to Enlightenment went on to become a best-seller in the UK and has been translated into 12 languages, including Japanese and Russian.
Her second book, For Tibet with Love is "A beginners guide to changing the world" and full of romance, travel, politics, human rights and Buddhism,.Isabel's initial question "what can the individual do to make a difference" takes her from Tibet to Trafalgar Square, into the headlines and eventually to a meeting with the Dalai Lama himself. Endlessly energetic, Isabel Losada's quest to free her mind and Tibet are humorous and exhilarating.
She has been described by Harpers and Queen magazine as a "21st Century Hero - someone who is changing the world for the better and will make you want to, too".
Guests at tomorrow’s Ladies Lunch will undoubtedly be entertained with an inspirational talk from a remarkable woman.
This annual event, now in its eleventh year, was introduced in the University's Quincentenary year. Proceeds from the event will be used to assist individual students to carry out projects of direct benefit to women around the world.