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: Is cheating ruining sport?
19 10 13: Listening to music: a private or public activity?
19 10 13: Digital creativity: can we all be composers now?
19 10 13: Pop Art: all mouth, no trousers?
19 10 13: Is public art an insult to the public?
19 10 13: From Medici to Saatchi: should art collections be public?
19 10 13: 'Wagner's Jews': can we separate art from the man?
19 10 13: Arts in schools: luxury or necessity?
19 10 13: History wars
"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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