Reading for Battle

Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.

Choose a theme from the listing on the left to narrow your search, or view all readings.

Recent Readings

{categories limit="1"}
Making choice easier
Abortion needs to be as safe and accessible as possible. The government should push ahead with plans to offer early abortions at GP surgeries
Ann Furedi, Guardian Comment is Free, 5 December 2007

{/categories} {categories limit="1"}
There's no new 'scramble for Africa'
China’s relationship with Africa is no threat to the West - all the major economies are gaining from a continent that is no longer a ‘basket case’.
Stuart Simpson, spiked, 4 December 2007

{/categories} {categories limit="1"}
The Politics of Antisocial Behaviour: Amoral Panics

Antisocial behaviour is becoming a universally accepted problem and one that dominates the political and popular imagination. By providing a new criminological framework for understanding the fear of crime, this book reposes the increasingly important debate around antisocial behaviour and the internationally understood idea of moral panics.

Stuart Waiton, Routledge, 30 November 2007

{/categories} {categories limit="1"}
Pessimism for Beginners

'Sophie Hannah is one of my favourite young poets...she writes pithy, witty, poignant poems about love and relationships.' Daisy Goodwin

Sophie Hannah, Carcanet Press, 29 November 2007

{/categories} {categories limit="1"}
Just say no to ‘No Platform’
A student at the University of East Anglia strikes a blow for free speech against the NUS's censorious policies.
Richard Reynolds, spiked, 26 November 2007

{/categories} {categories limit="1"}
Is God returning to Europe?
A leading US Christian says that faith in Europe will be re-energised by a creative Christian minority and by the example of Islam. But he is too sanguine about the integration of Muslims and about "model" America—where religiosity is, in part, a function of white ethnic anxiety
Eric Kaufmann, Prospect, 25 November 2007

{/categories} {categories limit="1"}
The new cultural revolution
The Beijing Olympic Games have been described as the superpower's "coming-out party". The authorities are also slowly realising that the arts will play a central role in improving China's international image.
Alice O'Keeffe, New Statesman, 22 November 2007

{/categories} {categories limit="1"}
Mapping morality: the ethics of technology
From miltary hardware to medical science, technology provokes some tough moral questions.
Jonathan Weber, The Times, 19 November 2007

{/categories} {categories limit="1"}
So booze isn’t bad for Baby?
“Occasional binge drinking by mother does baby little harm” was a headline that shrieked, because it felt so counter-intuitive.
The Times, 17 November 2007

{/categories} {categories limit="1"}
The New Politics of Sinn Féin

The book explores how the Republican movement has changed from an anti-state insurgency to a potential partner in governing the state it was pledged to destroy. In particular, the book attempts to consider the origins of what has become known as 'New Sinn Fein'.

Kevin Bean, Liverpool University Press, 15 November 2007

{/categories}

Page 210 of 297 pages ‹ First  < 208 209 210 211 212 >  Last ›

Choose a theme to narrow the selection.

Festival Buzz
Each to his iPod or Great Music For All

View: Each to his iPod or Great Music For All

"It alerts me to new areas of debate, and gives thought-provoking new angles on topics I thought I already knew well. Altogether it's a wonderful intellectual tonic, which cheers up the dog days of November."
Ivan Hewett, music critic, Daily Telegraph