2013 Programme: Festival weekend overview
The Festival weekend includes more than 70 debates which are listed below ordered by time slot and room. To see Saturday or Sunday sessions only, select the day you want from the menu on the left or select sessions by Theme.
Or view and print out the Timetable as a two-page PDF.
Saturday 19 October: 10.30am-12.00pm
Battle for our minds Pit Theatre
Saturday 19 October: 12.15pm-1.15pm
Institutions in crisis? Cinema 2
Saturday 19 October: 3.30pm-5.00pm
Institutions in crisis? Cinema 2
Private or public morality? Frobisher Auditorium 2
Saturday 19 October: 5.30pm-6.45pm
Private or public morality? Frobisher Auditorium 2
From open values to burqa bans: have Europeans lost the habit of tolerance?
"The Battle of Ideas is free of that stifling British squeamishness about the serious discussion of ideas. It offers a rare chance to join the dots in contemporary politics and culture."
Eliane Glaser, writer & broadcaster; author, Get Real