Battle of Ideas 2015
Festival weekend: Lifestyle & Society

Fuller details of sessions are available where the title is in bold.

Saturday 17 October: 16.00-17.15
Growing Pains Frobisher 1-3
Free-range parenting: reckless or responsible?
Saturday 17 October: 17.30-18.45
Growing Pains Frobisher 1-3
The battle over geek culture
Sunday 18 October: 12.00-13.00
Economic solutions? Frobisher 5-6
What's wrong with cheap food?
Contemporary Controversies Free Stage
Is money ruining sport?
Sunday 18 October: 13.10-13.50
Hot Off the Press Free Stage
Gender Equality in the workplace: is it just a numbers game?
Sunday 18 October: 14.00-15.30
Battle for our Cities Frobisher Auditorium 2
Gentrify this: the pros and cons of urban development
Feminism and Its Discontents Frobisher Auditorium 1
The battle over breasts
Sunday 18 October: 16.00-17.15
Feminism and Its Discontents Frobisher Auditorium 1
Does pink really stink? The gender-neutral parenting debate
Battle over Technology Cinema 2
Is gaming corrupting youth?
Sunday 18 October: 17.30-18.45
Contemporary Controversies Free Stage
Up all night: can we handle a 24-hour city?

Immigration: who should control our borders?

"Some of the freest speech I have enjoyed in years."
Baroness Ruth Deech QC, crossbench peer; chairman, Bar Standards Board

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