Posts Tagged as ‘Hyde Park’

June 15, 2009

Protest at Hyde Park

While I was filming at Speakers Corner yesterday I heard a large amount of noise off to my side.  I turned to see a large crowd heading in my direction.  They were clearly heading towards a protest as most carried placards and there was a little bit of chanting.

As you will see in the video [...]

June 15, 2009

The Speakers of Hyde Park

If you’ve followed my blog for a while, or my photostream on flickr, chances are you know I used to visit Speakers Corner in Hyde Park quite a lot. I find the place really fascinating, and I love listening to the different speakers, even if most of them are a bit mad! Well [...]

January 10, 2009

Another Day, Another Gaza Protest

So as the conflict enters its third week, so do the protests.  There have been two weeks of protests outside the Israeli Embassy in Kensington, and there was last weeks protest in Trafalgar Square.  Today saw the protest move to Hyde Park where a rally was held before a march across London to the Israeli [...]

September 19, 2008

The Wisdom of Speakers Corner #1

Speaker 1 – The American Singing Preacher
The first of what will be a regular (hopefully weekly) post on the crazy people at Speakers Corner and the hilarity they create.
Not sure of this guys name, but his only reaction to criticism (and he was getting criticised a lot!) was to burst into singing.  Usually really odd [...]