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: Looking back today
20 10 12: In search of originality: navigating the artistic canon
20 10 12: Who needs art anyway?
20 10 12: All together now: the rise of the choir
20 10 12: High and low culture: separated at birth?
20 10 12: Bored of the Booker: prizes, prizes, everywhere
30 10 11: Rebirth of the author?
30 10 11: Pax Romana: civilising the barbarians or evil empire?
30 10 11: Performing politics: is all the world a stage?
"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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