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.
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Lifestyle & Society
Should you really dress little girls in leopard-skin bikinis, Liz?
Actress accused of sexualising youngsters with bikini range
Chloe Thomas, Daily Mail, 16 September 2012
Actress accused of sexualising youngsters with bikini range
Chloe Thomas, Daily Mail, 16 September 2012
Bradley’s winnings
The big money to be made in finance now is from turning in your own firm
Economist, 15 September 2012
The big money to be made in finance now is from turning in your own firm
Economist, 15 September 2012
From emotional and psychological well-being to character education
The recent revival of an old discourse of ‘character’ reinforces a search for better measurement as the basis for behaviour change strategies reflected in government interest in new ideas from behavioural science.
Kathryn Ecclestone, Research Papers in Education, September 2012
The recent revival of an old discourse of ‘character’ reinforces a search for better measurement as the basis for behaviour change strategies reflected in government interest in new ideas from behavioural science.
Kathryn Ecclestone, Research Papers in Education, September 2012
Bringing big ideas to life
Pop-ups events are becoming a very important part of our work. The reason is that bringing things to life in a visible tangible form is a very exciting thing to do.
Collaborate, 30 August 2012
Pop-ups events are becoming a very important part of our work. The reason is that bringing things to life in a visible tangible form is a very exciting thing to do.
Collaborate, 30 August 2012
The Demise of Working Men’s Clubs
Do Working Men’s Clubs hold their own key to survival, asks Ruth Cherrington
Ruth Cherrington, ResPublica, 17 August 2012
Do Working Men’s Clubs hold their own key to survival, asks Ruth Cherrington
Ruth Cherrington, ResPublica, 17 August 2012
Berlin’s cyber-bohemians don’t want to work
"Poor but sexy"; the German capital is a creative, forward-thinking centre, but only survives on subsidies paid by other states. There, lives a population for whom money is tight, and universal handouts are expected.
Don Alphonso, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 14 August 2012
"Poor but sexy"; the German capital is a creative, forward-thinking centre, but only survives on subsidies paid by other states. There, lives a population for whom money is tight, and universal handouts are expected.
Don Alphonso, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 14 August 2012
How Much is Enough? The Love of Money, and the Case for the Good Life
In recent years, economic growth has been regarded as a self-evident good, with political debate focussed on the best means to achieve it. But there are now signs that this shared assumption is weakening.
Robert and Edward Skidelsky, Allen Lane, 28 July 2012
Reducing gambling regulation will ruin more lives
MPs are wrong to suggest easing restrictions on an industry already causing massive damage to our communities
Rowenna Davis, Guardian, 24 July 2012
MPs are wrong to suggest easing restrictions on an industry already causing massive damage to our communities
Rowenna Davis, Guardian, 24 July 2012
How the nationalisation of parenting stoked the riots
The state’s relentless undermining of parental authority has created a world in which no one knows how to control children or teens.
Jennie Bristow, spiked, 17 July 2012
The state’s relentless undermining of parental authority has created a world in which no one knows how to control children or teens.
Jennie Bristow, spiked, 17 July 2012
Can we teach moral character?
The Barclays scandal can tell teachers a lot about character education says GTP student Alex Crossman, as he reflects on his experience of working in the City
Alex Crossman, Guardian, 4 July 2012
The Barclays scandal can tell teachers a lot about character education says GTP student Alex Crossman, as he reflects on his experience of working in the City
Alex Crossman, Guardian, 4 July 2012
Caught in the Web - Rob Killick
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