 | Alan Miller is a director, author, producer and co-director of NY Salon, a forum for inter-disciplinary, open debate. He is also the co-founder of the Truman Brewery, a 10-acre site in London’s East End. The Truman Brewery now has over 200 companies, ranging from recording studios to art galleries, entertainment spaces, restaurants, bars, cafes, fashion and retail. It has helped regenerate a significant area of London, creating a new cultural quarter. Alan is also a film director and has had his work broadcast internationally, with a specialisation in music videos and live events. He writes on various cultural issues for several publications, including spiked, Culture Wars, and The Huffington Post. |
Tuesday 27 October 2009, 6.00pm Notre Dame University, London
'We don't do McDonald's': America and World Culture
Sunday 1 November 2009, 5.30pm Upper Gulbenkian Gallery
America, Obama and the Recession
Monday 9 November 2009, 7.00pm Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Triangle Branch, Broadway and 66th Street, New York
The Recession, Obama and the future – where do we go from here?
"The Battle of Ideas is a unique opportunity to learn from vigorous exchanges among some of the world's best-informed and most provocative people."
Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator, Financial Times
