In the media
In the media
A selection of media coverage from Battle of Ideas 2017
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‘Our schools are becoming production lines for the workforce. And it’s limiting our pupils’ life chances’
Kevin Rooney, TES, 27 October 2017
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If you don’t let children take risks, you are damaging them
Lenore Skenazy, Spectator, 26 October 2017
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Love it or hate it, you can’t halt the momentum of Silicon Valley
Lauren Razavi, City AM, 26 October 2017
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Trust and trustiworthiness
Ceri Thomas, Index on Censorship, 25 October 2017
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Will the race audit lead to a fairer society?
Claire Fox, MJ, 25 October 2017
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Don’t constrain councils who want to take advantage of the Industrial Strategy
John Merry, MJ, 25 October 2017
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The future may be powered by data, but it must be piloted by humans
Timandra Harkness, City AM, 24 October 2017
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‘To smack or not to smack is not the question. We owe it to children to set boundaries’
Claire Fox, TES, 24 October 2017
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Inspirit with Jumoke Fashola
Kevin Rooney discussed the Battle of Ideas festival on BBC Radio London, 22 October 2017
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How Silicon Valley divided society and made everyone raging mad
Jamie Bartlett, Newsweek, 21 October 2017
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A successful industrial strategy requires letting zombie firms die
Phil Mullan, City AM, 20 October 2017
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Nigel Farage and Donald Trump are funnier than most comedians
Will Franken, Index on Censorship, 20 October 2017
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Diversity in the workplace: how the ‘D’ word is holding back progress
Dame Helena Morrissey, Newsweek, 19 October 2017
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#MeToo: a moral panic about men
Ella Whelan, spiked, 18 October 2017
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Education and politics – too dumb, too young: who’s really qualified to vote?
Kevin Rooney, Teachwire, 16 October 2017
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Gay rights activists welcome NHS questioning of patients over sexuality
Guardian, 15 October 2017 – quotes the IoI’s director, Claire Fox
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Learn to navigate the elite’s new PC-speak – or else
Claire Fox, Spectator, 14 October 2017
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The idiocy of calling Corbynistas ‘Marxists’
Brendan O’Neill, spiked, 10 October 2017
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Why cheating has become the norm
Frank Furedi, spiked, 10 October 2017
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“We are helping people to think for themselves, rather than giving them prescriptive answers”
Interview with Claire Fox, BESA, 5 October 2017
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Shielding students from negative but normal feelings like stress could do more harm than good
Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, Teachwire, 25 September 2017
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FGM claims are grossly exaggerated, experts say
Daily Mail, 20 September 2017 – quotes speaker Brid Hehir
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Battle of Ideas at Conatus News
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The non-partisan news and opinion portal has a series of specially commissioned articles on issues to be discussed at the festival, including globalisation, the importance of free speech, post-Brexit industrial strategy and much more. See the full list of articles here.
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Battle of Ideas podcasts
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Professor Stephen Farrall on the legacy of Margaret Thatcher
Rob Lyons talks to the maker of Generation Right.
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Battle Cry: Jamie Bartlett on the reaction against Silicon Valley
The author and presenter talks to Max Sanderson about the impact of the rise of the tech giants.
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Battle Cry: Joanna Williams on contemporary feminism
The author of Women vs Feminism talks to Max Sanderson.
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Podcast of Ideas: Battle of Ideas preview
The IoI team discuss some of their personal highlights from this year’s festival.
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Battle Cry: Professor Tim Ingold on evolutionary psychology
Can evolution explain modern human psychology, from gender differences to empathy?
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Battle Cry: Cathy Young on the alt-right
Max Sanderson talks to the US author and columnist.