Battle of Ideas 2007 27 & 28 October, London

The Battle of Ideas 2007 was a two-day festival of high-level, thought-provoking debate organised by the Institute of Ideas and hosted by the Royal College of Art. These pages are now an archive of the festival where you can still find out what went on, watch video of the event and read Battles in Print that accompanied the sessions.

 Festival News

 Battles in Print & Battle Talks

Read a Battle in Print: What is education for?, Michael Young interview by Toby Marshall
 Speakers include

David Aaronovitch, columnist, The Times; author, Voodoo Histories
Alexander Cockburn, journalist; editor, CounterPunch; co-author, End Times: The Death of the Fourth Estate?
Frank Furedi, professor of sociology, University of Kent, Canterbury; author, Wasted, Politics of Fear, Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone?
Mick Hume, editor-at-large, spiked; writer for The Times
Tristram Hunt, broadcaster; lecturer in modern British history, Queen Mary, University of London; author, The Frock-Coated Communist: the revolutionary life of Friedrich Engels
Nicholas Kenyon CBE, managing director, Barbican Centre; former director, BBC Proms (1996-2007)
Ruth McKernan, vice president, external research - Europe, Pfizer Global R&D

 Festival Buzz

Friction TV logo Fora TV logo The New Heresies

The New Heresies [Opens in new window]

"…the most interesting, diverse, serious and argumentative audience imaginable."
Prof Sir Bernard Crick

 Partners
The Battle of Ideas is produced by
Institute of Ideas

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Design & architecture champion


Arts champion


Film & animation champion


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