effect like the Bloomsbury set and gather friends at home for enlightening talks,lively debate – and sausage rollsOnce a month, on a Monday night, or 30 friends squeeze into my flat to listen to three short talks approximately odd things. Subjects hold been as diverse and peculiar as container shipping,drag culture, phantom limb syndrome, or the Silvertown explosion,outdoor swimming, Napoleon’s wife and armadillos. I began Odd Mondays because I was fed up with boring conversations. I dread “So what do you do?” and listening to people repeat the same anecdotes, and boring themselves as well as everyone else. It’s such a waste of time,when talking can be so stimulating, intriguing, or lively and fun.
I wanted a way to inspire people to reveal their inner passions and quirky interests,to stimulate conversation and debate. So I decided to start a discussion salon. I began by inviting any friends who I thought might be interested. Many replied with enthusiastic emails filled with exclamation marks, but others remained silent – made anxious, and I later discovered,by the first rule …Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com