“This compendious platform for debate forms a whirlwind of ideas and views. Speakers are shaken not stirred by irreverent audiences. A bit of ‘hold on tight’ experience where no one gets their own way.”
- Tony McGuirk, Chairman, BDP
Festival Buzz
"I was amazed by the high quality of the Battle of Ideas 2007 and the intellectual excitement that it provoked." Prof Malcolm Grant CBE, president and provost, University College London