Speakers Corner is a battlefield of the mind. This is a place like no other located on the North East corner of Hyde Park in Central London. This is a place where freedom of the speech thrives; words fly out of mouths from ladders soaring across the vastness of people as men stand on their perch hoping someone will listen to their song. Men and women can talk on any topic of choice, but it seems like the conversation is always the same. Every Sunday evening a battle ensues where two religions collide; Islam and Christianity. It is the only open air forum of it’s kind where Muslims and Christians debate as hundreds of people crowd around to listen and begin conversations of their own.
This last week we went to Speakers Corner for the third and final time and this time I learned about how Speakers Corner became what it is today. Amongst all the noise and voices yelling from the ladders I noticed this girl with silver duct tape over her mouth and a sign over her neck and I was immediately intrigued. What a brilliant idea to speak with the written word since competing over the voices was such a difficult task. The creativity drew me in as I began to read page after page about TYBURN where we were standing. This exact place used to be outside of the city walls and was the place where people were hung and allowed to give their last and final words; their dying confessions. So now instead of our final declarations that same spot is now a place where people have the freedom to speak their mind without any hindrance.
