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.
31 10 10: What does it mean to be a liberal today?
31 10 10: Trafficking: new slave trade or moral panic?
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?
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Professor Marilyn Monk, emeritus professor of molecular embryology, University College London
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