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.
17 10 15: Blurred lines: what is consent?
18 10 14: Cotton-wool campus?
21 10 12: Risk, regulation and red tape
21 10 12: Public inquiries in the dock
21 10 12: Free will: just an illusion?
20 10 12: Genocide denial: should we defend the right to speak evil?
20 10 12: Can the law make us equal?
20 10 12: Racism today: alive and kicking?
30 10 11: Has tolerance gone too far?
"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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