Alastair Donald
co-convenor, Battle of Ideas festival; convenor, Living Freedom; author, Letter on Liberty: The Scottish Question
Alastair Donald is associate director of the Academy of Ideas and co-convenor of the Battle of Ideas festival. He is also secretary of Ideas Matter and convenor of Living Freedom, its annual residential school for young people to explore the meaning and ideals of freedom in the twenty-first century.
Alastair has worked in the UK and internationally to develop festivals, exhibitions and curated programmes. He is author of The Scottish Question, published as part of the series Letters on Liberty and co-editor of two books, The Lure of the City: from slums to suburbs (2011) and The Future of Community: reports of a death greatly exaggerated (2008). He is co-director of Future Cities Project and a founding member of mantownhuman which published Manifesto: towards a new humanism in architecture (2008). The Manifesto featured in Penguin Classics 100 Artists’ Manifestos.
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RELATED SESSIONS
Thursday 29 September, 19:00 Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Jazdów 2, 00–467, Warsaw, Poland
Art and Identity Politics
Saturday 15 October, 09:45 Assembly Hall, Church House
Battle of Ideas 2022 Welcome Address
Saturday 15 October, 10:15 Hoare Memorial Hall, Church House
Fake news? The misinformation wars
Saturday 15 October, 13:45 Robert Runcie Room, Church House
Podcast of Ideas Live: Liam Halligan on the UK’s chronic housing shortage
Saturday 15 October, 14:45 Room 512, Church House
No, Minister! Crisis in the civil service
Saturday 15 October, 14:45 Harvey Goodwin Suite, Church House
Online safety vs free speech
Saturday 15 October, 16:45 Assembly Hall, Church House
Can populism win the future?
Saturday 15 October, 18:15 55 Broadway, London SW1H 0BD
Festival reception and drinks
Sunday 16 October, 10:00 The Chapel, Church House
Breakfast Banter: from street preachers to Cineworld – religious freedom today
Sunday 16 October, 10:00 Abbey Room, Church House
Breakfast Banter: why Bitcoin matters for freedom in a digital age
Sunday 16 October, 11:00 Assembly Hall, Church House
Age of ‘isms’: what happened to ideology?
Sunday 16 October, 13:45 Assembly Hall, Church House
Free speech or compelled speech: is silence violence?
Sunday 16 October, 15:45 Convocation Hall, Church House
How do we solve the housing crisis?
Sunday 16 October, 17:15 Room 511, Church House
Winning young hearts and minds: the battle for academic freedom
Saturday 5 November, 14:55 Devonshire Dome - DO/110
Cop Out: Who do the police serve today?
Wednesday 9 November, 19:00 Theaterforum Kreuzberg, Eisenbahnstraße 21, 10997 Berlin
Ukraine: crisis or rebirth for Europe?
Wednesday 16 November, 15:30 Accelerator, Stockholm University, Frescativägen 26A, SE-106 91 Stockholm
War in Ukraine: crisis or rebirth for Europe?
Wednesday 16 November, 17:00 Accelerator, Stockholm University, Frescativägen 26A, SE-106 91 Stockholm
Challenging orthodoxies: free speech in universities
Wednesday 16 November, 18:15 Accelerator, Stockholm University, Frescativägen 26A, SE-106 91 Stockholm
Exhibiting courage: valour or vulnerability?