Quiet among busyness

‘You’ve gathered together in silence at Speakers’ Corner? Give me a moment to work that one out.’

by Andrew Rendle 14th October 2010

For a few years, Quakers from Westminster Meeting and other Meetings in London have been holding a once-a-month open-air Meeting for Worship at Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park. Perhaps unsurprisingly, we sometimes get odd reactions – as the quote above from one passer-by at a recent Meeting points out, holding a silent Meeting at a place more usually associated with noisy vocal debate and promotion of ideas is out of the ordinary even for somewhere known for attracting odd-balls.