The Battle of Ideas 2009 was a two-day festival of high-level, thought-provoking debate organised by the Academy of Ideas and hosted by the Royal College of Art.
Battle of Ideas 2009 Keynote Videos
Institute of Ideas Christmas Lecture 2009
Battle of Ideas 2009 Speaker Quotes
The Battle for Politics
Pre-Election Public SummitGatecrashing the political party -
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Riots in Baltimore: a crisis of authority, Sean Collins
Get in shape: lose the fat, Clive Bloom
Society is collapsing because you are greedy, Brendan O'Neill
Should schools be engines of social mobility?, Sally Millard
Remaking citizens for the ‘Big Society’, Kathryn Ecclestone
In drug policy, pragmatism is the only moral approach, Roger Howard & Leo Barasi
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"No word was untested, no argument taken for granted, no opinion dismissed without argument nor accepted without argument."
David Jones, professor of bioethics, St Mary's University College
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