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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Lifestyle & Society
Against Modern Football: the controversial movement to reclaim a sport from capitalism gone mad
Are you sick of what was once the working man's game being systematically turned into a business, with a blatant disregard for the fans who formed the traditions that made it so great?
Leander Schaerlaeckens, Vice, 5 February 2015
Are you sick of what was once the working man's game being systematically turned into a business, with a blatant disregard for the fans who formed the traditions that made it so great?
Leander Schaerlaeckens, Vice, 5 February 2015
Young people are skint. But we can’t blame the baby boomers for ever
Our generation can haul ourselves out of our wages crisis and become self-sufficient if we turn our anger into political action
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, Guardian, 30 January 2015
Our generation can haul ourselves out of our wages crisis and become self-sufficient if we turn our anger into political action
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, Guardian, 30 January 2015
Coaching by numbers: is data analytics the future of management?
Maths over Mourinho? Analytics over Ancelotti? Data analysis is now commonplace in both the sporting and business worlds, but human decision making still dominates in management writes Tomas Chammorro-Premuzic
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Guardian, 22 January 2015
Maths over Mourinho? Analytics over Ancelotti? Data analysis is now commonplace in both the sporting and business worlds, but human decision making still dominates in management writes Tomas Chammorro-Premuzic
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Guardian, 22 January 2015
We know how you feel
Computers are learning to read emotions and the business world can’t wait
Raffi Khatchadourian , New Yorker, 19 January 2015
Computers are learning to read emotions and the business world can’t wait
Raffi Khatchadourian , New Yorker, 19 January 2015
Meditation obsession: This mindfulness craze is madness
The new obsession with meditation is a sign of exactly how mindless our places of work have become.
Andre Spicer , City AM, 22 December 2014
The new obsession with meditation is a sign of exactly how mindless our places of work have become.
Andre Spicer , City AM, 22 December 2014
The question no one can answer: what does it mean to be British?
Frank Furedi, spiked, 3 December 2014
Frank Furedi, spiked, 3 December 2014
Feminism is in danger of becoming toxic
Instead of worrying about the Rosetta scientist wearing an ‘offensive’ shirt, or Dapper Laughs, or Julien Blanc, we should be tackling the root causes of inequality
Julie Bindel, Guardian, 18 November 2014
Instead of worrying about the Rosetta scientist wearing an ‘offensive’ shirt, or Dapper Laughs, or Julien Blanc, we should be tackling the root causes of inequality
Julie Bindel, Guardian, 18 November 2014
What’s wrong with Mindfulness – more than you might think
Separating meditation from faith is a dubious business, morally and sometimes in its effects
Melanie McDonagh, Spectator, 1 November 2014
Separating meditation from faith is a dubious business, morally and sometimes in its effects
Melanie McDonagh, Spectator, 1 November 2014
Baby boomers ruined America: Why blaming millennials is misguided — and annoying
It may be fun to bash today's youth -- but here's where the awful job economy and ailing planet actually came from
Alexander S. Balkin, Salon, 20 October 2014
It may be fun to bash today's youth -- but here's where the awful job economy and ailing planet actually came from
Alexander S. Balkin, Salon, 20 October 2014