This is the homepage of the Battle of Ideas festival 2005

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The Battle of Ideas 2005

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'A great forum to wrestle with ideas'

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The Battle of Ideas 2005 was a stimulating interdisciplinary event at which hundreds of people had the opportunity to get to grips with and discuss the key ideas of our time. Six themed strands ran concurrently, with keynote sessions, panel discussions and other events. More...

Battle of Ideas keynote essays:

Towards a new politics, by James Panton

Shaping the future through debate, by Dolan Cummings

Additional 2005 supporters: 
Cheltenham Science Festival 2006

Culture Wars
  
Future Cities Project

The Great Debate

If you could teach the world just one thing...

Academy of Ideas and Pfizer Debating Matters Competition

Novo magazine

NY Salon

The Queen's English Society

Sovereignty and its Discontents

WORLDwrite

The Times Higher Education Supplement

The Times Literary Supplement

Grange Hotels

Lynx dpm

The Hospital