Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park, London 1973
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A speaker addresses a crowd at Speaker’s Corner in Hyde Park, London, in 1973, standing on a ladder with Marble Arch behind him and the now-demolished Odeon cinema visible on the left. The view neatly captures the setting that made Speaker’s Corner so distinctive: open tarmac and railings at the park edge, a loose semicircle of listeners, and the traffic-filled edge of central London just beyond. The mixture of jackets, open-necked shirts and bright 1970s colours in the crowd gives the scene its period feel, while the lost Odeon building adds an extra layer of historical interest. It is a fine, sunlit image of public speaking in Hyde Park at a time when Speaker’s Corner still drew regular crowds for argument, performance and debate.
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