Battle of Ideas 2010 30 & 31 October, London

The Battle of Ideas 2010 will be a two-day festival of high-level, thought-provoking debate organised by the Institute of Ideas and hosted by the Royal College of Art.

Battle News

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Info & Tickets

Festival Brochure

Read the Battle of Ideas 2009 Festival brochure PDF [913 KB]

Reading for Battle

Parliament Heal Thyself, Stuart Wilks-Heeg

The Zombies of Westminster, Rafael Behr

Why Vote? A guide for those who can't be bothered, Jo Phillips & David Seymour


Battles in Print

Questioning the carnivalesque , Ashley Frawley

Refocusing remembrance , Ted Harrison

Some myths of the ‘Work-Life Balance’ discussion , Para Mullan


Festival Buzz

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"The arts and humanities need to be defended and we must fight for the freedom to extend barriers, not merely to work within them. What better arena than The Battle of Ideas?"
Professor Colin Lawson, Director, Royal College of Music

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