2010 Programme: Festival weekend overview

The Festival weekend includes more than 70 debates which are listed below ordered by time slot and room. To see Saturday or Sunday sessions only, select the day you want from the menu on the left or select sessions by Theme.

Saturday 30 October: 10.30am-12.00pm
Battle for Medical Ethics Lecture Theatre 1
Ageing and medicine - quality versus quantity?
In Conversation Salons Lecture Theatre 2
Happy-clappy architecture: designing for well-being
Frame Debates Henry Moore Gallery
What makes life sacred?
Saturday 30 October: 12.15pm-1.15pm
Battle for Medical Ethics Lecture Theatre 1
Alternative medicine: the pros and cons
Saturday 30 October: 1.30pm-3.00pm
Battle for Medical Ethics Lecture Theatre 1
Rationing and medicine: what price life?
Saturday 30 October: 3.30pm-5.00pm
Battle for Medical Ethics Lecture Theatre 1
Patient centred healthcare: the right to choose?
In Conversation Salons Lecture Theatre 2
Choosing Tomorrow's Children
Saturday 30 October: 5.15pm-6.30pm
Battle for Medical Ethics Lecture Theatre 1
Debating Matters International Final - Organ Donation: UK versus India
Thought for the day Henry Moore Gallery
The war on alcohol - new puritanism or healthy sobriety?
Sunday 31 October: 5.30pm-6.30pm
Thought for the day Café
From religious bliss to well-being: what does happiness mean today?

Festival Buzz

Learning Jargonese - Steven Poole - 'Intelligent Design' is dishonest jargon

"The Battle of Ideas is an inspired and inspiring event that grapples with the important issues in ways that are refreshing and imaginative."
Peter Barron, Director of communications and public affairs, North and Central Europe, Google; former editor, Newsnight