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. Historically there were a number of other areas designated as Speakers' Corners in other parks in London, such as Lincoln's Inn Fields, Finsbury Park, Clapham Common, Kennington Park, and Victoria Park. Areas for Speakers' Corners have been established in other countries and elsewhere in the UK.
Orator at Speakers' Corner in London, 1974
Speakers' Corner, April 1987
"One world" speaker supporting a world government, August 2006.
A Christian speaker at Speakers' Corner (2010)
Public speaking, also called oratory, is the act or skill of delivering speeches on a subject before a live audience.
The Orator, c. 100 BCE, an Etrusco-Roman bronze sculpture depicting Aule Metele (Latin: Aulus Metellus), an Etruscan man wearing a Roman toga while engaged in rhetoric; the statue features an inscription in the Etruscan alphabet.
Aristotle
Malala Yousafzai speaking