Battles on Video

Battles on Video presents videos from previous Battle of Ideas festivals, interviews and opinion pieces by speakers and participants, as well as specially produced in-depth discussions.

Politics & Ideology

31 10 10: From banning burqas to B&B bigots: can Europe tolerate religious tolerance?

31 10 10: Optimism versus Pessimism

30 10 10: Engineering the future: cautionary tale or utopia?

30 10 10: Electoral Reform: purple revolution or middle-class obsession?

30 10 10: What have the ancient Greeks done for us lately?

30 10 10: Memorialising the Holocaust: the challenge of history?

30 10 10: Instrumental music: should music be a tool of social policy?

30 10 10: Losing our marbles? Who owns culture?

30 10 10: Too much, too young: why is policy obsessed with teenage mums?


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