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.
30 10 10: What's the point of the social sciences?
30 10 10: Going nowhere? Staying local in a global village
30 10 10: The war on alcohol: new puritanism or healthy sobriety?
30 10 10: Too much, too young: why is policy obsessed with teenage mums?
30 10 10: Trust in an age of cynicism
30 10 10: What makes life sacred?
30 10 10: Worth three tenors? The value of opera
30 10 10: Your conscience, my health: the right to refuse?
30 10 10: The great population debate: too many carbon footprints?
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Andrew Copson, chief executive, British Humanist Association
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