2011 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.

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Saturday 29 October: 9.30am-11.00am
Food Fight Café
Is big business ruining food?
Society Wars Henry Moore Gallery
Drinking by numbers: should we count our alcohol units?
Saturday 29 October: 2.30pm-4.00pm
Food Fight Café
Are we turning our children into food faddists?
Society Wars Henry Moore Gallery
Radical surgery for the NHS: what is a GP's role today?
Saturday 29 October: 4.15pm-5.30pm
Society Wars Henry Moore Gallery
Hand-out Britain? Has a dependency culture made us sick?
Sunday 30 October: 9.45am-11.15am
Head to Head Debates Students' Union
Abortion: how late is 'too late'?
Sunday 30 October: 2.45pm-4.15pm
Battle for our Brains Lecture Theatre 1
Smart drugs: magic bullet or cheating ourselves?

A Brave New World

"I travel far to participate in the BOI; it’s a unique festival of free speech and debate that consistently combines energy, fearlessness and provocation with thoughtful, informed consideration of contemporary politics and culture."
Wendy Kaminer, US-based writer on law, liberty, feminism, religion, and popular culture

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