Reading for Battle

Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.

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Labor, Leisure, and Liberal Education
Education is a practical activity. It is concerned with means to be employed or devised for the achievement of an end.
Mortimer Adler,

From Poverty to Power
Gives critical insights into the massive human and economic costs of inequality and poverty and proposes realistic solutions.
Oxfam International

arts council england
To improve the opportunities available throughout England for people to engage with the arts and in particular to increase the number of people from priority groups who participate in the arts and attend arts events.
Department for Culture Media and Sport

Guardian World Music
World music news and listings.
Guardian

RootsWorld: Listening to the Planet
Our focus is the music of the world: Africa, Asia, Europe, Pacifica and The Americas, the roots of the global musical milieu that has come to be known as world music, be it traditional folk music, jazz, rock or some hybrid. How is that defined? I don't know and don't particularly care at this point: it's music from someplace you aren't, music with roots, music of the world and for the world. OK?
RootsWorld

Being an Artist in France Disabled and minority ethnic artists
France and Britain have radically different approaches to ethnic and religious diversity.
artroute

Edinburgh: UNESCO City of Literature
Use this literature hub to discover more about our projects, Edinburgh's literary landmarks, Scottish literature and search our events database to find out what's going on.
City of Literature Trust

Impact Assessment
As an advocate for the arts and humanities, the AHRC has an important role to play in advocating the full range of economic, social and cultural impacts and benefits derived from arts and humanities research.
AHRC

Nicola Morgan's Brain Pages
Section of speaker Nicola Morgan's website that details her writing and research on brain related matters:
Nicola Morgan

Food and Eating: An Anthropological Perspective
We have to eat; we like to eat; eating makes us feel good; it is more important than sex. To ensure genetic survival the sex urge need only be satisfied a few times in a lifetime; the hunger urge must be satisfied every day.
Robin Fox, Social Issues Research Centre


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