Boring Conference

The Boring Conference is a one-day celebration of the mundane the ordinary the obvious and the overlooked – subjects often considered trivial and pointless but when examined more closely reveal themselves to be deeply fascinating. It was created in response to the cancellation of the 2010 Interesting Conference . It seemed like the obvious thing to do. Previous speakers have included Jon Ronson Robin Ince Josie Long and Adam Curtis. People have talked about sneezing toast IBM tills the sounds made by vending machines the Shipping Forecast barcodes yellow lines London shop fronts the television programme Antiques Road Trip and the features of the Yamaha PSR-175 Portatune keyboard. Tickets will go on sale in batches to ensure everyone gets a chance to get a ticket (in previous years they have sold out very quickly). The first 100 tickets will be available at an early bird price of £15 and then after that they’ll be £20 (£15 concs). The first batch of tickets will go on sale on Friday 28th February at 1pm . The second batch of tickets will go on sale on Friday 7th March at 1pm . Photo: Ed Moore