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 technological progress Frobisher Auditorium 1
Private or public morality? Frobisher Auditorium 2
Pop Ups Free Stage
Saturday 19 October: 12.15pm-1.15pm
Lunchtime Debates Cinema 1
Battle for technological progress Frobisher Auditorium 1
Saturday 19 October: 1.30pm-3.00pm
Keynote Controversies Cinema 1
Battle for technological progress Frobisher Auditorium 1
Saturday 19 October: 3.30pm-5.00pm
Battle for technological progress Frobisher Auditorium 1
Sunday 20 October: 9.30am-10.15am
Economic solutions? Conservatory
Sunday 20 October: 10.30am-12.00pm
Economic solutions? Conservatory
Sunday 20 October: 1.30pm-3.00pm
Economic solutions? Conservatory
Sunday 20 October: 3.30pm-4.45pm
Economic solutions? Conservatory
Sunday 20 October: 5.15pm-6.15pm
Economic solutions? Conservatory
From open values to burqa bans: have Europeans lost the habit of tolerance?
"The Battle of Ideas gives a forum for the most topical of debates and the healthy exchange of ideas - in our session what interested most was the contributions from the floor, also just the sheer buzz of the crowds in the foyers."
Jeremy Musson, writer and historic buildings consultant; former architectural editor, Country Life