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

30 10 10: Trust in an age of cynicism

30 10 10: What makes life sacred?

30 10 10: The great population debate: too many carbon footprints?

30 10 10: The empty square: the public engaged or imagined?

29 10 10: Africa and oil

29 10 10: Is the Big Society the good society?

29 10 10: Early intervention: saving children from their future?

19 10 10: Read all about it: truth in demand

14 10 10: From open values to burqa bans: have Europeans lost the habit of tolerance?


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