Reading for Battle
Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.
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Lifestyle & Society
Views on the news: Patriotism
In this compelling and timely short, volunteers pose points and questions on patriotism to media lecturer Dr Graham Barnfield.
WORLDbytes
In this compelling and timely short, volunteers pose points and questions on patriotism to media lecturer Dr Graham Barnfield.
WORLDbytes
Inequality: Everybody’s Doing It
If everyone is concerned about inequality, what, we might ask, does equality mean? In this short introductory programme to a WORLDbytes series on equality Daniel Ben-Ami tells us that campaigns against inequality today are not about making us better off.
WORLDbytes
If everyone is concerned about inequality, what, we might ask, does equality mean? In this short introductory programme to a WORLDbytes series on equality Daniel Ben-Ami tells us that campaigns against inequality today are not about making us better off.
WORLDbytes
The Political Game-show
Multiculturalism and Identity politics get game show treatment in this fast paced fun show filmed with guests and volunteers in the WORLDbytes studios complete with ‘holiday shrub’.
WORLDbytes
Multiculturalism and Identity politics get game show treatment in this fast paced fun show filmed with guests and volunteers in the WORLDbytes studios complete with ‘holiday shrub’.
WORLDbytes
Fast Food: A Love Story
This programme reveals, with an emphasis on our lunches, how food and eating have evolved since the 1950s. Special emphasis is placed on the importance of supermarkets, as Rob Lyons, author of Panic on a Plate, tells us, supermarkets have enabled more people to be fed more inexpensively, conveniently and well.
WORLDbytes
This programme reveals, with an emphasis on our lunches, how food and eating have evolved since the 1950s. Special emphasis is placed on the importance of supermarkets, as Rob Lyons, author of Panic on a Plate, tells us, supermarkets have enabled more people to be fed more inexpensively, conveniently and well.
WORLDbytes
Why should I be happy?
Luke Gittos, a WORLDbytes reporter, investigates the happiness agenda and talks to the Director of Action for Happiness, Mark Williamson and Daniel Ben Ami, author of Ferraris for All.
spiked
Luke Gittos, a WORLDbytes reporter, investigates the happiness agenda and talks to the Director of Action for Happiness, Mark Williamson and Daniel Ben Ami, author of Ferraris for All.
spiked
Building trust or cleaning up the public realm?
A concern with being seen to be whiter than white may be a distraction from the core work through which all institutions must win the public’s trust. Can anyone be trusted to restore the public’s faith in our institutions? This debate filmed at the Battle of Ideas tells it like it is.
Battle of Ideas, WORLDbytes
A concern with being seen to be whiter than white may be a distraction from the core work through which all institutions must win the public’s trust. Can anyone be trusted to restore the public’s faith in our institutions? This debate filmed at the Battle of Ideas tells it like it is.
Battle of Ideas, WORLDbytes
Honey, did we bankrupt the kids?
Are we being overly pessimistic in assuming that an economic boom is something we’ll never see again? Is it a cop out to blame one generation for the troubles of the next? Being young today: very heaven or just plain hell? It’s all on the table in this debate filmed at the Battle of Ideas.
WORLDbytes
Are we being overly pessimistic in assuming that an economic boom is something we’ll never see again? Is it a cop out to blame one generation for the troubles of the next? Being young today: very heaven or just plain hell? It’s all on the table in this debate filmed at the Battle of Ideas.
WORLDbytes
Five Theses on Identity Politics
What should we make of identity politics as an exercise of democratic political freedom?
Richard D Parker, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
What should we make of identity politics as an exercise of democratic political freedom?
Richard D Parker, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
Alcohol Consumption in the UK Infographics
Infographics showing the numbers about alcohol in the UK
Portman Group
Infographics showing the numbers about alcohol in the UK
Portman Group
Modern Spiritualism
The Modern Spiritualist movement dates from 1848 when the Fox sisters of Hydesville, New York produced knocking sounds that were alleged to be messages from a spirit. Spiritualists communicate with the spirits of people who have died.
BBC
The Modern Spiritualist movement dates from 1848 when the Fox sisters of Hydesville, New York produced knocking sounds that were alleged to be messages from a spirit. Spiritualists communicate with the spirits of people who have died.
BBC
What's wrong with equality?
"The rules of the game at The Battle of Ideas makes beating about the bush impossible. When you are given 5 minutes to make your point, you either say something essential, or you reveal that you have nothing really to say. This eliminates 'the unbearable lightness' of speculation that haunts public debate."
Albena Azmanova, social philosopher, political commentator and activist
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