Festival strand
Keynote Controversies

Big sessions discussing big ideas

Saturday 17 October 2015
10.00 to 11.30 Cinema 1
Is there a future for liberalism?
12.00 to 13.15 Cinema 1
Can we manufacture a new economy?
13.45 to 15.00 Cinema 1
Reassessing paternalism: is autonomy a myth?
Sunday 18 October 2015
10.00 to 11.30 Cinema 1
Why are young people joining ISIS?
12.00 to 13.15 Cinema 1
From literature to Twitter: the death of the reader?
14.00 to 15.30 Cinema 1
Is technology limiting our humanity?
16.00 to 17.15 Cinema 1
Religious tolerance: can we keep the faith?
17.30 to 18.45 Frobisher 1-3
The Corbyn Effect: are the old parties dead?

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