In honor (?) of all the conferences being cancelled:
"All of the tribes – reps, tinkerers, achievers, experience-seekers, fans – could replicate much of what the NEC offers them online. Yet still they make their pilgrimages to this soulful, soulless place, this mecca in concrete and linoleum." https://www.1843magazine.com/people/my-journey-to-the-heart-of-the-great-british-expo