Reading for Battle

Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.

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Lifestyle & Society

Happiness and its discontents
The BBC's The Happiness Formula fails to interrogate whether happiness is an appropriate social goal.
Daniel Ben-Ami, spiked, 4 May 2006

The Hollywood Actor's Burden
Brendan O'Neill, spiked, 3 May 2006

Myspace and control
On Myspace, interaction between users is effectively eliminating the lines between personal communication and advertising
Fred Scharmen, sevenisfive.net, 30 April 2006

How the Other Half Votes
Can an analysis of Big Brother’s appeal cast a new light on political disengagement?
Stephen Coleman, Hansard Society, April 2006

No surrender to UEFA bureaucrats
What is UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Body based in Nyon, Switzerland, doing debating the content of Rangers FC's chants?
Dolan Cummings, spiked, 25 April 2006

‘Mainstream media has become like film media 15 years ago’
Celebrity marriages, lost dogs, drunken brawls. Trivial headline news and the sellout of mainstream journalism. In an unprecedented and outspoken interview, iconic actor Aamir Khan speaks out about the media
Shoma Chaudhury, Tehelka, 1 April 2006

Teens try to change the world, one purchase at a time
Wanting to ameliorate the world's big problems can be frustrating, especially for those who feel ineffective because they're young. For young teens, consumption is their first foray into activism
G Jeffrey Macdonald, Christian Science Monitor, 26 March 2006

The New East End: Kinship, Race and Conflict

This is non-fiction Brick Lane -what life is really like around Brick Lane and the East End.

Geoff Dench, Profile Books, 17 February 2006

That joke isn’t funny anymore
What's the point of satire when comedians fail to tackle the new taboos?
Niall Crowley, spiked, 2 February 2006

Disconnected: Why Our Kids are Turning Their Backs on Everything We Thought We Knew

In the spirit of No Logo and Fast Food Nation, Disconnected is the author's journey into modern youth culture, meeting and speaking to hundreds of kids on the way.

Nick Barham, Ebury Press, 5 January 2006


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