Last week saw the 3rd annual ICA Figures of Speech Gala in association with SpinVox 
The event saw several high-profile speakers take to the stage and spend five minutes (no more, no less) talking about the one thing that they could not live without, i.e.:
If your house was on fire and your family were safe, what would be the one thing you would run in and save?
The roll-call on the night included such luminaries as musician and campaigner Bob Geldof, journalist and broadcaster Janet Street-Porter and comedian and broadcaster Rory Bremner, along with musician, artist and writer Billy Childish; Inspirational Kids Company founder Camilla Batmanghelidj and contemporary artist du jour Ryan Gander.
And to celebrate the event I put the same question to my Twitter followers:
The answers came back thick and fast, mainly concentrating in and around tech – laptops, hard drives etc… but there were some really quite interesting ones in there too…
Take a look –
I’ve asked some of the guests who joined me on the evening of the event to write theirs up too…
What about you dear reader? Have a good, long think…
What one thing would you run in and save if your house was burning down?
What is the one thing that you cannot live without?
Answers in a blog post please
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March 31st, 2009 at 10:07 pm
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