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.
2012: What is the truth?
2012: Free schools: myth and reality
2012: Public inquiries in the dock
2012: Why isn't poverty history yet?
2012: The Giants of Asia
2012: From the Colosseum to Wembley: crowd watching through the ages
2012: Stop the press: the media after Leveson
2012: Free will: just an illusion?
2012: Are exams a cheat?
"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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