The Boring Conference 2016: Yawning encouraged at world’s dullest forum

Toilet rolls and pylons are highlights at annual snorefest
World of dull: the Boring Conference starts on Saturday May 7
Stuart Black5 May 2016

People fascinated by pylons, paper bags, lamp posts and East German pedestrian crossing signals are in luck as the 2016 Boring Conference shuffles into London this Saturday.

Experts in the world’s dreariest subjects will be droning on about their specialisms at central London’s Conway Hall, with the runaway highlight of the event being a talk about toilet rolls.

Aficionados of the anodyne will gather and, according to organiser James Ward, will at some point liven up the day by recreating Edvard Munch's iconic painting The Scream en masse from their seats.

Speakers alongside Ward include Tom Jackson, who runs the Postcards from the Past Twitter account; novelist Catherine O’Flynn, who is known as "the JG Ballard of Birmingham"; Greg Stekelman, the writer of A Year in the Life of The Man Who Fell Asleep; and Rhodri Marsden who has performed in the bands Scritti Politti and Dream Themes, aka Waltham Forest’s leading TV theme tune covers band.

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Tickets do sell out surprisingly quickly for this tongue-in-cheek event, so don’t waste time button-holing colleagues at the water-cooler, book now for a day where you’ll no doubt learn which is faster: paint drying or grass growing.

The Boring Conference 2016, 10am, May 7, Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, WC1R 4RL. Tickets £16.64 – £21.70, boringconference.com

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