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Orator at Speakers' Corner in London, 1974 Speakers' Corner, April 1987. A Speakers' Corner is an area where free speech open-air public speaking, debate, and discussion are allowed. The original and best known is in the north-east corner of Hyde Park in London, England.
The Speakers' Corner in Singapore is an area located within Hong Lim Park at the Downtown Core district, where Singaporeans may demonstrate, hold exhibitions and performances, as well as being able to engage freely in political open-air public speeches, debates and discussions.
Speakers Corner began in 1990 with a video booth outside the Citytv studios in Toronto. [2] The booth's original intent was for viewers to record news commentary and "letter to the editor" segments for broadcast on CityPulse, [1] but the booth soon proved so popular, with many segments being recorded that fell far outside the initial concept, that the decision was soon made to create a full ...
From September 2000, it also serves as a registration centre for anyone who wishes to give speeches or set up events at the Speakers' Corner. In 2005, the Hong Lim Park Open Stage was refurbished to incorporate a modern-looking pure Teflon tentage that preserved the historical stage layout of the 1950s.
John Webster (December 1913 – 15 December 2008), also known as Mo(u)hammed Jon Webster, or more simply just Webster, was a soap box orator and public speaker, primarily at Speakers' Corner near Marble Arch at Hyde Park, London and beneath the Moreton Bay Fig trees of The Domain, Sydney from the early 1950s till the late 1980s.
He helped run the Hyde Park Christian Fellowship, which emphasizes the use of polemics with Muslims alongside apologetics, [1] [2] and has made appearances at Speakers Corner in Hyde Park, London [1] [7] [8] for over 24 years.
Speaker Mike Johnson has also raised concerns about the pitch from Musk and Trump, saying that the United States needs to "pay down the credit card" with the $2 trillion objective amount to be ...
In 2008, Speakers' Corner was the scene for meetings held over several weeks by Tan Kin Lian, former chief executive of insurance company NTUC Income, to advise people of their legal recourse after structured products they had purchased became virtually valueless upon the collapse of Lehman Brothers.