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[newagehippie]

So Howard Marks is the obvious one but who else would you like to hear speak?

[Sabcully]

I'd like to see Tony Benn again.
He was ace as always.

[The Nal]

[Steve P]

The Nal, on Feb 19 2010, 12:38 PM, said:

That would be awesome. The commentry track he does on the flash gordon dvd is a thing of pure genius  

[LondonTom]

Nick Grifin  

[m_bantam]

LondonTom, on Feb 19 2010, 12:44 PM, said:

Nick Grifin  

ha ha!! Now I would never condone the throwing of cups of piss!
But in this case I'd be there waiting with pints of the stuff!!

[sisterofmercy]

I've never visited the Speaker's Corner but I'm hoping to check it out this year.

[worthyraver]

Ben Goldacre

I highly recommend his Bad Science book and website for that matter: bad science

[jameshunt]

[Josepipe]

How was his version of Hounds of Love?!

[russycarps]

Hugo Chávez

[jameshunt]

Josepipe, on Feb 19 2010, 01:22 PM, said:

How was his version of Hounds of Love?!

Fantastic.  He's a great lead singer.  

[Sabcully]

jameshunt, on Feb 19 2010, 01:09 PM, said:

Yeah, baby !

[st00ka]

Charles Dickens.

[Mahdnyw]

newagehippie, on Feb 19 2010, 12:22 PM, said:

So Howard Marks is the obvious one but who else would you like to hear speak?

Yeah right, I've been to "see" him several time at speakers corner and he's only shown up once - apparently he's not that reliable when left to his own devices at Glasto

[Mardy]

I f**king hate Howard Marks, posh, arrogant f**king twat. And more importantly, dull.

[4AssedMonkey]

Will Self.

[Mardy]

4AssedMonkey, on Feb 19 2010, 05:30 PM, said:

Will Self.

Good shout

I've had a ponder, here's what I'd like (amongst others);

David Attenborough
Daniel Kitson
Heathcote Williams
Will Self
Tony Benn
Robin Ince
Richard Dawkins
JOnathan Meades

[Buddhafish]

Mardy, on Feb 19 2010, 03:38 PM, said:

I f**king hate Howard Marks, posh, arrogant f**king twat. And more importantly, dull.

I met him once at a book signing (I was working in the store) and he was a really lovely bloke. Chatted with the staff for ages, did loads of extra signings for us, he even cadged one of my fags off me and went out of his way to think of something he could trade for it (gave me some Howard Marks rizlas!) He was a top bloke in my experience. Maybe he's changed over the years?

f**king awful speaker though.  

Back on topic, I'd like to see Mark Thomas or Richard Dawkins.

[grumpyhack]

Mark Lynas, environmental journalist and writer. Author of "Six degrees: our future on a hotter planet."
Produced a brilliant TV series on the National Geographic Channel on the consequences of global warming.
The series looked at the effect of one, two, three, four, five and finally six degrees of warming.
Six degrees is the most extreme Doomsday Scenario and is unlikely. But three or four degrees is a frightening possibility before the end of the century unless we take action.

Edited by grumpyhack, 19 February 2010 - 07:31 PM.