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
Last orders for the British Boozers
Going to a pub was a way for young people, pints in hand, to learn to behave like adults. No more.
Neil Davenport, spiked, 3 September 2013
Going to a pub was a way for young people, pints in hand, to learn to behave like adults. No more.
Neil Davenport, spiked, 3 September 2013
Artistic intervention in public sphere, conflict and urban informality
Artistic intervention in cultural districts can help bring vitality to cities.
Pedro Costa and Ricardo Lopes, International RC21 Conference, 2013, August 2013
Artistic intervention in cultural districts can help bring vitality to cities.
Pedro Costa and Ricardo Lopes, International RC21 Conference, 2013, August 2013
Domestic violence is falling. Why aren't people celebrating?
A man with a hammer sees a world full of nails, Buckminster Fuller said. Keir Starmer sees a world full of domestic violence, because he is out to stop it.
James Heartfield, spiked, 11 July 2013
A man with a hammer sees a world full of nails, Buckminster Fuller said. Keir Starmer sees a world full of domestic violence, because he is out to stop it.
James Heartfield, spiked, 11 July 2013
It's time to boost ethnic minority representation in the media
Samantha Asumadu, Guardian, 8 July 2013
Samantha Asumadu, Guardian, 8 July 2013
Price of City away tickets is a parable for our age
In football you see some of the worst aspects of the rapacious capitalism that has driven people on to the streets in protest around the world
Simon Kelner, Independent, 11 January 2013
In football you see some of the worst aspects of the rapacious capitalism that has driven people on to the streets in protest around the world
Simon Kelner, Independent, 11 January 2013
Agricultural Mountain by Grupo IUT
Spanish collective Grupo IUT built a tower of straw bales on the outskirts of Guimarães in Portugal
De Zeen Magazine, 27 December 2012
Spanish collective Grupo IUT built a tower of straw bales on the outskirts of Guimarães in Portugal
De Zeen Magazine, 27 December 2012
On the legalisation of drugs
Living in a civilized society means accepting laws that we didn’t make.
City Journal, 5 December 2012
Living in a civilized society means accepting laws that we didn’t make.
City Journal, 5 December 2012
Page Three Girls and porn-again feminists
It really is sad that so many feminists get their knickers in a twist about the Sun’s topless beauties.
Jennie Bristow, spiked, 22 November 2012
It really is sad that so many feminists get their knickers in a twist about the Sun’s topless beauties.
Jennie Bristow, spiked, 22 November 2012
What happened to the caring professions?
The Tory drive to make teachers and carers chase after statistics has hindered rather than helped
Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, Independent, 29 October 2012
The Tory drive to make teachers and carers chase after statistics has hindered rather than helped
Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, Independent, 29 October 2012
There's a new species of prohibitionism on the rise
Instead of an outright ban on activities deemed "undesirable" - like getting off your head on booze - the state is trying to render them socially inacceptable
Jason Smith, Independent, 15 October 2012
Instead of an outright ban on activities deemed "undesirable" - like getting off your head on booze - the state is trying to render them socially inacceptable
Jason Smith, Independent, 15 October 2012
Trust in an age of cynicism
"Depressed by 'debates' where the panel ignore each other? The Battle of Ideas is the real deal - two days of verbal fistfights. Accept no alternative."
Vivienne Raper, writer and editor
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