Battle of Ideas — 28 & 29 October 2017
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In a rapidly changing world, debating ideas matters more than ever. The Battle of Ideas festival, at The Barbican in London, provides a unique forum to discuss the big issues of our time. Find out more about our 2017 festival here. Battle of Ideas 2018 will be on 13 & 14 October and Early Bird tickets are now on sale.
Those who enjoy the comfort of conventional wisdom will find the Battle of Ideas a very unsafe space.
Nick Cater, executive director, Menzies Research Centre, Australia; columnist, The Australian
2017 sessions include…
Was it Big Data wot won it? Political campaigning today
Read more >Battle 2017 Lecture: how do we create an economic renaissance?
Read more >Why Luther still matters: religious conscience and individual liberty
Read more >Are science and medicine threatened by borders?
Read more >Should fashion statements be political statements?
Read more >The gig economy: the changing face of work
Read more >All by myself: is loneliness a social problem?
Read more >Silicon Valley: from heroes to zeroes?
Read more >America's New South: from slavery to economic powerhouse?
Read more >Can satire survive in the era of fake news?
Read more >Putin's Russia: a new Cold War?
Read more >What is to be done? Literature and the Russian Revolution
Read more >Is there such a thing as Trumpism?
Read more >Watching the detectives: crime fiction and the zeitgeist
Read more >The international abortion wars
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