2011 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.

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Saturday 29 October: 10.30am-12.00pm
Henry Moore Gallery
Drinking by numbers: should we count our alcohol units?
Saturday 29 October: 12.15pm-1.15pm
Courtyard Gallery
Maybe I do? Marriage in the modern era
Saturday 29 October: 1.30pm-3.00pm
Keynote Controversies Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
Profiting responsibly? Business in the big society
Courtyard Gallery
Your mind, your high: is recreational drug use morally wrong?
Café
Eating ethics: are some foods morally bad for you?
Henry Moore Gallery
Remaking citizens for the ‘Big Society’
Saturday 29 October: 3.30pm-5.00pm
Courtyard Gallery
Coarse sex and cheap lives
Café
Are we turning our children into food faddists?
Sunday 30 October: 9.45am-10.30am
Café
Fan till I die? The meaning of being a football supporter
Sunday 30 October: 10.45am-12.15pm
Café
The Greatest Show on Earth: from Olympia to London
Sunday 30 October: 12.30pm-1.30pm
Lunchtime Debates Students' Union
Burlesque: female empowerment or posh stripping?
Sunday 30 October: 1.45pm-3.15pm
Lecture Theatre 2
Tiger mothers: the great parenting row
Café
Drugs and bionics: enhancing sport?
Sunday 30 October: 3.45pm-5.15pm
Café
Olympic expectations: can't see the games for the legacy?
Sunday 30 October: 5.30pm-6.30pm
Café
Who is the greatest ever Olympian? Balloon debate

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