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.
20 10 13: Last orders: calling time on the pub
19 10 13: Babies, brains and bull***t?
19 10 13: Soul on the slab: is there no limit to what neuroscience can do?
19 10 13: Free riders: cycle helmets and health and safety
19 10 13: What is addiction?
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?
"To contribute to Battle of Ideas is to add a few words to a giant, communal speech-bubble out of the gap-toothed mouth of British opinion. It is a strong reminder that the joys of free, uncalculated speech and the right to attack orthodoxies can in no way be assumed in 2012 – that we use them or lose them."
Piers Hellawell, composer; professor of composition, Queen’s University Belfast
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