Battles in Print & Culture Wars
Battles in Print are specially-commissioned essays that explore topics being discussed at the Battle of Ideas, serving as introductions to the debate and encouraging further reflection. Battles in Print take a variety of forms, from short provocation essays to longer think pieces and interviews, and are available both online and in print at the festival itself. They are complemented by themed book reviews on Culture Wars, the Academy of Ideas' online review.
Editors: Dolan Cummings and Sarah Boyes
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In drug policy, pragmatism is the only moral approach, Roger Howard & Leo Barasi
The problem of early intervention, Martin Earnshaw
Doddery but a little too dear? - a defence of improving care, Professor David Oliver
Liberating the NHS?, Brid Hehir
How teenage pregnancy became redefined as a social problem, Jan Macvarish
What does happiness mean today?, Ashley Frawley
Building ourselves happy, Karl Sharro
Some myths of the ‘Work-Life Balance’ discussion , Para Mullan
Debating therapy culture: a brief response to Kathryn Ecclestone, Simon Anderson and Julie Brownlie
Shaping social policy: designers and health, Martyn Perks, Maja Kecman, Lynne Maher, Jason Mesut and Alastair Donald
Rethinking therapy culture, Kathryn Ecclestone
A Hypochondriac Nation, Tracey Brown
Can philosophy change your life?, James Gledhill
Boozy Britain?, Bill Durodie
Complementary medicine, Colin Berry
Fat Fictions, Patrick Basham and John Luik
The men's health movement - a morbid symptom, Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
Human enhancement: creating superhumans or dicing with our destinies?, Stuart Derbyshire
The Age of the Uber-Athlete, Jon Entine
Every child matters – so don’t touch!, Heather Piper
Workplace stress – medical epidemic or all in the mind?, Ken McLaughlin
Morbid Fascinations - our obsession with death, Tony Walter
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Colin Blakemore, professor of neuroscience, Oxford University
