Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.
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Regionalism and the Reading Class
Confirming that reading for entertainment in a majority of the population is historically rare, Griswold believes that "the new century may resemble earlier eras when a fundamental social divide involved whether people read".
Tara Brabazon,
Times Higher Education, 11 September 2008
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Writing in residence
On arriving in Grasmere to take up the post of poet-in-residence at the Wordsworth Trust I was greeted by a poster which advertised an exhibition; English Poetry 850-1850 The First Thousand Years. Not much to live up to then.
Adam O'Riordan,
Guardian Books Blog, 11 September 2008
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In Defence of America
The world has turned against the United States. Anti-American sentiments have swept the globe. Foreign leaders, pundits and ordinary people decry the United States, proclaiming at best their heartbreak that the American values they once admired have vanished, and at worst condemning America as a criminal state beyond redemption.
Bronwen Maddox, Gerald Duckworth & Co,
11 September 2008
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Revealed: the truth about brothels
A survey into London's off-street sex industry has exposed just how widespread it is - and documents in disturbing detail the plight of the women trapped in it.
Julie Bindel,
Guardian, 10 September 2008
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Regulation will not be popular, but it's necessary
There is so much media interest in alcohol misuse in general, and binge drinking in particular, that it is easy to forget that the majority of the adult population drink responsibly and will continue to do so, whatever drinking messages they are bombarded with.
Professor Ian Gilmore,
The Guardian, 10 September 2008
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Umbilical cords just got longer
Going to university is no longer the rite of passage it once was. Nor, for that matter is graduation. Even a young person's first job no longer guarantees freedom from mum and dad.
Kate Hilpern,
The Guardian, 9 September 2008
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What makes people vote Republican?
What makes people vote Republican? Why in particular do working class and rural Americans usually vote for pro-business Republicans when their economic interests would seem better served by Democratic policies?
Jonathan Haidt,
Edge, 9 September 2008
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Fine arts graduates and innovation
The art of innovation is an enquiry into how fine arts graduates contribute to innovation throughout their working lives. Based on a survey of over 500 fine arts graduates from the University of the Arts London since the 1950s, plus a series of extensive one-to-one interviews, the report for the first time shows the different ways in which fine arts graduates support and stimulate innovation.
NESTA, September 2008
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