Brida Tables
Hosted conversation tables. Online.
60 minutes · Small tables · International by design
English is the shared working language.
Sometimes, people want a place to talk — without being taught, corrected, or measured.
People arrive with different moods, different days behind them, different levels of energy.
At Brida Tables, that’s fine. There’s nothing in particular you need to bring, and nothing you need to leave at the door.
Brida Tables are small, hosted conversation tables for adults from different countries.
People sit down together for one hour and simply talk and listen, using English as a shared working language.
Some tables are open conversations — a place to arrive, listen, speak, and let the hour unfold without pressure.
Others are held around work situations — where people want to think out loud about what they’re dealing with professionally.
The atmosphere stays the same.
What changes is the reason people come to the table.
You take part in the conversation in your own way.
You can speak, pause, listen, or pick things up as they come.
Everyone at the table is navigating the same situation — speaking, listening, and thinking in a language that isn’t their own.
The hosts are always there — holding the space, listening carefully, and making sure the conversation has room to move.
After 60 minutes, the table ends cleanly.
Tables happen at different times of the day and on different days of the week.
The hosts remain familiar, while the people around the table change. Some stop by once. Others return, and over time, become familiar faces.
There is no teaching, no pitching, and no obligation — just conversation, deliberately hosted through experience so it can stay calm, balanced, and unforced.
People do not need better English.
They need places where English does not make them smaller.
Commissioned tables for a single organisation.
subject to negotiation
Request a Private TableThe Hosts
Brida Tables are hosted by Frank (France) and Janita (South Africa).
International hosting is structural, not symbolic.
Meet the HostsThe Brida Community
Brida Community is the original Brida space. A continuous, group-based environment for people who want belonging, regular contact, and time to grow into using English more freely.
If you’ve ever felt you “should” be better before you speak, this is the slower, kinder way back
Find out MoreThe Pineapple
A trace of conversations, over time
Brida Tables do not exist in isolation. They happen week after week, with different people, around different tables. After some of these tables, a simple written trace is left behind. Not a summary. Not an insight. Just a record that a conversation took place. We call this the Pineapple. It isn’t required reading. Nothing is explained or highlighted. It’s simply there — quietly — for those who want to see that the tables are real, recurring, and held with care. If you’re curious, you can browse past traces here.
Read The Pineapple