2010 Programme: Festival weekend overview

The Festival weekend includes more than 70 debates which are listed below ordered by time slot and room. To see Saturday or Sunday sessions only, select the day you want from the menu on the left or select sessions by Theme.

Or view and print out the Timetable as a two-page PDF.

Saturday 30 October: 10.30am-12.00pm
Battle for Medical Ethics Lecture Theatre 1
Ageing and medicine: quality versus quantity?
In Conversation Salons Lecture Theatre 2
Happy-clappy architecture: designing for well-being
Frame Debates Henry Moore Gallery
What makes life sacred?
Saturday 30 October: 12.15pm-1.15pm
Battle for Medical Ethics Lecture Theatre 1
Alternative medicine: the pros and cons
Saturday 30 October: 1.30pm-3.00pm
Battle for Medical Ethics Lecture Theatre 1
Rationing and medicine: what price life?
Saturday 30 October: 3.30pm-5.00pm
Battle for Medical Ethics Lecture Theatre 1
Patient centred healthcare: the right to choose?
In Conversation Salons Lecture Theatre 2
Choosing tomorrow's children
Saturday 30 October: 5.15pm-6.30pm
Battle for Medical Ethics Lecture Theatre 1
Debating Matters International Final: Organ Donation - UK versus India
Thought for the day Henry Moore Gallery
The war on alcohol: new puritanism or healthy sobriety?
Sunday 31 October: 5.30pm-6.30pm
Thought for the day Café
From religious bliss to well-being: what does happiness mean today?

Festival Buzz

Adopting Orthodoxies - John Harris

"Of all the political and cultural festivals, none beats the Battle of Ideas for its eclecticism and willingness to invite controversial and absorbing debate."
John Kampfner, Chief executive, Index on Censorship; former editor, New Statesman