Natalie Bennett is the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, elected last month. She was the founding chair of Green Party Women and a candidate in this year’s London Assembly elections. She’s been a journalist for two decades, having recently stepped down as editor of the Guardian Weekly, previously working for The Times, the Independent, the Bangkok Post and Australian provincial papers. Her academic background includes agricultural science, history, politics and mass communications. |
Performing politics: is all the world a stage?
"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'