Speakers corner - a place where you can express yourself publicly and others will listen.
I suppose this comes under the realm of performance art. But a lot of speakers are not performing, they are just speaking their minds. Famous people to speak their are William Morris, Karl marx, George Orwell amongst others.
The corner of Hyde park can be seen as a forum for absolutely anyone to have their say in. It is a London tradition thankfully hasn't died over they years and remains still a tourist hotspot. The majority of speakers talk of religion or politics. From my experiences the speakers there have been very odd indeed....
Heres a small example -
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