Welcome to the Institute of Ideas August newsletter.
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BATTLE OF IDEAS 2006
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IoI FORUMS
MEDIA
PUBLIC APPEARANCES
GRANGE HOTELS OFFERS
BATTLE OF IDEAS 28th-29th OCTOBER 2006 - TICKETS NOW ON SALE
The programme of speakers and debates is almost complete, and information is updated daily on the festival website. With more debates and more exhibitions this year plus the festival party, kindly hosted by the Royal College of Music and supported by Grange Hotels (see offer below), we have already had requests for tickets and we are pleased to announce that tickets are now on sale. Prices for weekend tickets are £75 (£50 concessions/IoI Associates) and the day ticket rate is £45 (£30). Please find more ticket information here. The ticket hotline number is 020 7269 9220 / 020 7269 9224
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Join the IoI as an associate to show your support for our efforts to create a public space where ideas can be contested without restraint. We need your support to continue expanding our work. To join the IoI fill in the Associate Form or contact Geoff Kidder on 020 7269 9220 or at geoff.kidder@instituteofideas.com
IoI FORUMS
All forums meet in London. There are limited places and attendance is by invitation only. If you have an interest in the field and would like to take part, please email the contact given.
CULTURE WARS FORUM
Tuesday 15 August
August's forum will look at modern architecture, Modernism and changing
attitudes to both. Architect Karl Sharro will introduce. See his review of
the recent V&A exhibition on Modernism here.
Contact Patrick Hayes at patrick.hayes@tsleducation.com
EDUCATION FORUM
Monday 25 September
The next meeting will be on the subject of inclusion, led by John Cornwall, author of many books including (with Craig Walter)
Therapeutic Education: Working alongside troubled and troublesome children (Routledge, 2006).
Contact Dennis Hayes at education@instituteofideas.com
IoI BOOK CLUB
Tuesday 5 September
Patrick Hayes will introduce 'The Seymour Tapes' by Tim Lott. This is a gripping story of suspense that mirrors modern preoccupations with surveillance, tabloid voyeurism, and morality.
On October 3 Claire Fox will introduce 'On Beauty' by Zadie Smith.
The IoI Book Club is open to IoI associates. If you do not regularly attend
the BookClub and would like to come along please reply to this email.
If you have any queries, please contact Geoff Kidder at geoffkidder@instituteofideas.com
MEDIA
Claire Fox will be doing the Sky News newspaper review at around 11.30pm on Tuesday 1 August.
Claire Fox will be a panellist on the last two of BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze on Wednesday 2 August and Wednesday 9 August
Claire Fox will be a guest on Oneword Radio's The Week (Sky Digital 0127 / Freeview 717 / NTL 893 / DAB WWW), a review of the world's news from the last seven days on 9am, Friday 11 August.
Claire Fox was interviewed by Teachers' TV News about the NASUWT recommendation against teachers applying sun screen to pupils.
Download the podcast of Claire Fox's 'Media Snackers' interview at the Showcomotion children's television conference.
Download a transcript of Claire Fox's Showcomotion keynote speech on policy placement in children's TV.
Shirley Dent had a review of the BBC's children's drama about 7/7, 'That Summer's Day' on spiked, 17 July.
Education forum convenor Dennis Hayes has an article on free speech in the Times Higher Education Supplement, 28 July(subscription required)
Battle of Ideas keynote speaker Frank Furedi has an article on teaching happiness in the Independent, 27 July.
Wendy Earle, who will be chairing the Battle of Ideas debate on children's TV, has an essay on advertising to children on spiked, 24 July
PUBLIC APPEARANCES
Claire Fox and Tiffany Jenkins will be chairing several events at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
GRANGE HOTELS OFFERS
Grange Hotels, sponsors of the Battle of Ideas festival, have a number of great offers for the summer in their London hotels. The hotels are in a variety of excellent locations, and are highly recommended to anyone visiting London during the summer. Many of the Battle of Ideas speakers will be staying at Grange hotels in October. Browse their summer offers here