Battles on Video presents videos from previous Battle of Ideas festivals, interviews and opinion pieces by speakers and participants, as well as specially produced in-depth discussions.
21 10 12: Drink, smoke, eat: prohibition today
20 10 12: A crisis of compassion: who cares?
30 10 11: Abortion: how late is "too late"?
29 10 11: Drinking by numbers: should we count our alcohol units?
29 10 11: Your mind, your high: is recreational drug use morally wrong?
29 10 11: Remaking citizens for the ‘Big Society’
29 10 11: Radical surgery for the NHS? What is a GP's role today
30 10 10: The war on alcohol: new puritanism or healthy sobriety?
30 10 10: What makes life sacred?
"There's a real sense of intellectual delight that so much can be discussed in just sixty minutes - and so thoughtfully - both by the speakers and especially by the audience. A rich feast of ideas."
Christopher Kelly, reader in Ancient History and Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at Corpus Christi College
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