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.

Choose a theme from the listing on the left to narrow your search, or view all readings.

Recent Readings

Everything you need to know about Ireland's disaffected Catholics
The Week Staff, The Week, 28 June 2016

Britain Was Divided Before Brexit
Layth Hanbali, Huffington Post, 27 June 2016

Brexit: Just how divided is Britain?
Young versus old, London versus the rest of England, Scotland versus England and Wales, rich versus poor. Just how divided is Britain following the Brexit result?
Jim Reed, BBC News, 27 June 2016

Brexit: future EU research money for UK may rely on free movement
Sector warned that Brexit vote may also leave ‘big question mark’ over current funding
John Morgan, Times Higher Education, 27 June 2016

A disunited Kingdom... why Brexit Britain is as divided as Europe in 1914
This weekend, Britain is more disunited than at any point in living memory. The EU referendum did not create these divisions – but it has put them in stark and frightening relief.
Anthony Seldon, Telegraph, 26 June 2016

Could new virtual reality technology worsen the problem of social withdrawal?
Parents in Japan worry that new technology will encourage their children never to leave home
David McNeill, The Irish Times, 25 June 2016

Christina Hoff Sommers and Camille Paglia: The full interview
American Enterprise Institute / YouTube, 25 June 2016

Sadiq Khan: Don’t panic - London will still be a great successful city after Brexit
Sadiq Khan, Evening Standard, 24 June 2016

'If you've got money, you vote in ... if you haven't got money, you vote out'
Brexit is about more than the EU: it’s about class, inequality, and voters feeling excluded from politics. So how do we even begin to put Britain the right way up?
John Harris, Guardian, 24 June 2016

If you’re young and angry about the EU referendum, you’re right to be
By all means feel bitter, but please take heart. What those of you who voted stood up for was noble and one day will be again
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, Guardian, 24 June 2016


Page 12 of 549 pages ‹ First  < 10 11 12 13 14 >  Last ›

Choose a theme to narrow the selection.

Festival Buzz

View: 'Turn That Racket Off'

"No word was untested, no argument taken for granted, no opinion dismissed without argument nor accepted without argument."
David Jones, professor of bioethics, St Mary's University College