Battle news
20 September 2012
Battle of Ideas 8 timetable now available

The Festival weekend includes 80 debates across the two days. View and print out the Timetable as a two-page PDF.

Optimism versus Pessimism

"The Battle of Ideas was a great success; it enabled large numbers of people to hear and interact with well-known speakers who have thought about and contributed significantly to the discussions of many important issues."
Richard Swinburne, emeritus professor, philosophy of religion, University of Oxford; author, 'The Existence of God and The Evolution of the Soul'

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