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.
2015: Blurred lines: what is consent?
2014: Should we fear democracy?
2014: Big Data, big danger?
2014: America: the twilight years?
2014: Our morals, their moralism?
2014: Growth is good: mission or mania?
2014: Hunger in the UK: the food banks phenomenon
2014: Judgement by our peers: is the jury out?
2014: Business bashing: should corporates 'care'?
"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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