 | Duleep Allirajah sports columnist, spiked; 'long-suffering' Crystal Palace fan |
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 | Sean Bell secretary and founder member, The Brighton Salon; copy-editor, writer and journalist |
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 | Simon Belt IT consultant; co-organiser, Manchester Salon |
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 | Helen Birtwistle PGCE history teacher; former resources and communications manager, Debating Matters Competition |
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 | Tim Black editor, spiked Review of Books; journalist, spiked |
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 | Cara Bleiman music student, University of Oxford; holder of Bayreuth Scholarship and Leask Music Scholarship |
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 | David Bowden coordinator, UK Battle Satellites; poetry editor, Culture Wars; TV columnist, spiked |
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 | Sarah Boyes freelance writer and editor; assistant editor, Culture Wars; editor, Battles in Print 2010 |
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 | Justine Brian national coordinator, Debating Matters Competition |
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 | Andrew Calcutt principal lecturer in journalism, University of East London; editor, Proof; co-author, Journalism Studies: a critical introduction |
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 | Dave Clements co-editor The Future of Community; contributor to SocietyGuardian and Huffington Post; public and community sector consultant; convenor, IoI Social Policy Forum |
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 | Robert Clowes research fellow, philosophy of cognitive science, IFL, Universita Nova Lisboa; founder member, Brighton Salon; founder, Lisbon Salon |
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 | Dolan Cummings associate fellow, Institute of Ideas; editor, Culture Wars; editor, Debating Humanism; co-founder, Manifesto Club |
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 | Philip Cunliffe lecturer in international conflict, University of Kent, Canterbury; co-editor, Politics Without Sovereignty: a critique of contemporary international relations. |
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 | Neil Davenport writer; head of sociology, JFS Sixth Form Centre; contributor, spiked |
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 | Suzy Dean freelance writer; blogger, Free Society |
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 | Shirley Dent head of communications, PhonepayPlus; co-author, Radical Blake |
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 | Stuart Derbyshire reader in psychology, University of Birmingham; associate editor, Psychosomatic Medicine and Pain |
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 | Ceri Dingle director, WORLDwrite, WORLDbytes and Chew On It productions |
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 | Wendy Earle impacts and knowledge exchange manager, Birkbeck, University of London; convenor, Institute of Ideas Arts and Society Forum |
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 | Martin Earnshaw co-editor Future of Community: reports of a death greatly exaggerated; chair, IoI Social Policy Forum |
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 | Claire Fox director, Institute of Ideas; panellist, BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze |
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 | Tony Gilland science and society director, Institute of Ideas; director, Debating Matters Competition |
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 | James Gledhill fellow in political theory, LSE; co-convenor, IoI Postgraduate Forum |
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 | Maria Grasso lecturer in politics, University of Sheffield |
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 | Helene Guldberg director, spiked; author, Reclaiming Childhood and Just Another Ape? |
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 | Timandra Harkness journalist and writer; co-writer and performer, Humans V Nature: Engineering FTW! and Your Days Are Numbered: the maths of death |
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 | Dennis Hayes professor of education, University of Derby; director, Academics for Academic Freedom; co-founder, East Midlands Salon |
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 | Patrick Hayes journalist and political commentator, spiked; columnist, Huffington Post and Free Society |
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 | Bríd Hehir development manager, Do Good Charity; former NHS health visitor and senior manager |
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 | Alex Hochuli PhD student in sociology, University of Kent, Canterbury; co-founder, IoI Current Affairs Forum |
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 | Tiffany Jenkins sociologist and cultural commentator; arts and society director, Institute of Ideas |
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 | Angus Kennedy head of external relations, Institute of Ideas; chair, IoI Economy Forum; convenor, The Academy |
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 | Geoff Kidder director, membership and events, Institute of Ideas; convenor, IoI Book Club; IoI’s resident expert in all sporting matters |
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| Danielle Kukwa | |
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| Hannah Lake freelance arts consultant, coordinator and educator | |
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 | Shirley Lawes subject leader, modern foreign languages, Institute of Education; co-author, Modern Foreign Languages: teaching school subjects 11-19 |
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 | Ellie Lee reader in social policy, University of Kent, Canterbury; director, Centre for Parenting Culture Studies |
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 | Kirk Leech government affairs, The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry |
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 | Sheila Lewis director, Volanti Consulting |
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| Celine Lowenthal schools coordinator, Battle of Ideas | |
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 | Toby Marshall lecturer and researcher in media, film and communication studies; IoI Education Forum |
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 | Ion Martea poet and commissioning editor (film), Culture Wars |
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 | Peter Martin lecturer, School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester; Principal Investigator, engaging cogs. |
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 | Tessa Mayes investigative journalist; director, The Queen & Us |
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 | Tara McCormack lecturer in international politics, University of Leicester; author, Critique, Security and Power: the political limits to emancipatory approaches |
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 | Sally Millard founder member, IoI Parents Forum; opinionated mother of two |
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 | Alan Miller co-director, NY Salon; co-founder, London's Truman Brewery |
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 | Hugh Ortega Breton PhD researcher in risk and anxiety in popular culture, Roehampton University |
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 | Michael Owens director, Michael Owens Associates; associate, SMART URBANISM; formerly, head of development policy, London Development Agency |
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 | James Panton teacher, politics and history, Stowe School, Buckingham; associate lecturer in social science, the Open University; co-founder, Manifesto Club |
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 | Martyn Perks director, Thinking Apart; co-author Big Potatoes: the London manifesto for innovation |
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 | David Perks principal designate, East London Science School; author, What is science education for?; co-author, Sir Richard Sykes Review of school examinations and A defence of subject-based education; director, The Physics Factory |
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 | Amol Rajan columnist, Independent titles; advisor to Evgeny Lebedev; author, Twirlymen: the unlikely history of cricket’s greatest spin doctors |
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 | Vivien Regan assistant director/producer, WORLDwrite |
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 | Richard Reynolds trainee barrister; formerly, paralegal, Baha Mousa and Al Sweady Public Inquiries; founder, Student Academics for Academic Freedom |
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 | Kevin Rooney head of social science and deputy head, sixth form, Queens' School, Bushey; IoI Education Forum; founder, Fans for Freedom |
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 | Nathalie Rothschild broadcast and print journalist; coordinator, Young Journalists' Academy |
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 | Jane Sandeman convenor, IoI Parents Forum; contributor, Standing up to Supernanny; director of finance, DACS; chair, Association of Photographers |
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 | Karl Sharro architect; writer; Middle East commentator |
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 | Stuart Simpson financial services professional; researcher and writer, emerging economies and quantitative finance |
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 | Peter Smith director of tourism, St. Mary’s University College, Twickenham, London |
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| Sarah Snider PhD student in sociology | |
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| Brenda Stones freelance consultant and author | |
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 | Martin Summers public affairs consultant |
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 | Mark Taylor assistant head of school, Addey and Stanhope comprehensive school; London convenor, IoI Education Forum |
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 | Dan Travis director, Brighton Salon; tennis coach; author How to teach Young Children Tennis and In Defence of Competitive Sport. |
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 | Robin Walsh graduate medical student; freelance writer on pharmaceuticals, healthcare and science; co-founder, Sheffield Salon |
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 | Austin Williams director, Future Cities Project; lecturer in architecture, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China |
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"The 2006 Battle of Ideas did what it said on the tin: prejudices were punctured, common wisdom was questioned and original thinking honoured. The saying was coined in Texas, but I suggest that the Battle of Ideas adopts it as the conference motto: ‘sacred cows make the best burgers."
George Brock, Saturday Editor, The Times