The Battle of Ideas 2010 will be a two-day festival of high-level, thought-provoking debate organised by the Institute of Ideas and hosted by the Royal College of Art.
Julie Bindel, feminist campaigner, active in women’s liberation movement since 1979; writer,
Guardian,
Standpoint Magazine; columnist,
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Frank Furedi, professor, sociology, University of Kent, Canterbury; author,
Wasted, Politics of Fear and
Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone?
Bettany Hughes, president, Joint Association of Classical Teachers; broadcaster; author,
The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the search for the good life
Virginia Ironside, journalist; agony aunt,
The Independent; author,
The Virginia Monologues: why it's great to be sixty
Wendy Kaminer, US-based writer on law, liberty, feminism, religion, and popular culture; author,
Worst Instincts: cowardice, conformity & the ACLU
Irma Kurtz, writer; broadcaster; agony aunt,
Cosmopolitan Magazine; author,
About Time: growing old disgracefully
Philippe Legrain, journalist; writer; author,
Immigrants: your country needs them and
Aftershock: reshaping the world economy after the crisis
Tim Parks, novelist, essayist and translator; author of
Teach Us to Sit Still, a sceptic’s search for health and healing and
Dreams of Rivers and Seas; associate professor, English and Translation, IULM University, Milan
Anthony Seldon, master, Wellington College; historian; political commentator; author,
Trust: how we lost it and how to get it back and
Brown at 10
Tarun J Tejpal, founder and editor,
Tehelka; former editor,
India Today; novelist; author,
The Story of My Assassins
David Willetts MP, Minister of State for Universities and Science; author,
The Pinch: how baby boomers took their children's future - and why they should give it back
David Yelland, partner, Brunswick Group LLP; former editor,
The Sun; author,
The Truth About Leo
Peter York, broadcaster and journalist; ex style editor,
Harpers and Queens; author,
Cooler, Faster, More Expensive: the return of the Sloane Ranger
"In an ever shrinking middle ground, the Battle of Ideas is more important than ever, if we're to reinvigorate politics and challenge the status quo."
Graham Smith, campaign manager, Republic
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