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The Battle of Ideas 2007 was a tremendous success. More than
a thousand people attended on Saturday and almost the same
again on Sunday, with more than 1500 people battling over
the weekend. As the quotes below indicate, the 'Battle' not
only pulled in the crowd, but more importantly, it generated
a genuine enthusiasm and passion for looking at issues more
deeply and taking politics more seriously, beyond
the narrow confines of Westminster, single issue campaigns,
managerialism and consensus.
If you were unfortunate enough to miss the festival weekend,
Battle of Ideas media partners FORA.tv
have a number of full-length videos of debates, with new ones
added weekly. Friction.tv
has online video debates featuring 'Battle' speakers and the
Times
Online Battle of Ideas blog features articles from speakers
and Times writers.
Also, be sure to have a quick look at (and a long read of!)
this year's specially commissioned collection of essays running
alongside Battle of Ideas debates, the Battles
in Print.
If you loved the Battle of Ideas, join
the IoI and benefit from reduced ticket prices to IoI
events and support our work in expanding the boundaries of
public debate.
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NEWS
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BATTLE
FOR SCIENCE
'What are the barriers to science in the 21st century?'
survey
Over 200 scientists responded to Institute of Ideas survey
about the barriers to science in the 21st Century. 84% of
scientists who expressed an opinion answered 'yes' when asked:
'Does the government adopt too instrumental an approach towards
scientific research in general?'. The full report is available
as a pdf from the Battle of Ideas website.
Click here
to download the pdf (428kb).
Report in The Times:
Constant
policing of our research makes us look sinister, say scientists,
Mark Henderson, Science Editor, 25 October 2007.
Response from Adrian McNeil, Chief Executive of the Human
Tissue Authority:
Good
regulation, Research shows no gulf between science and public
confidence, Letters, 31 October 2007
Science and politics of climate change
The Battle of Ideas session on climate
change featured a frank exchange of views between the
eminent panellists in a debate which was described by one
audience member as 'one of the best (and most complex) debates
that I have heard anywhere about anything for a long time'.
A transcript of the debate will be available shortly. Email
tonygilland@instituteofideas.com
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BATTLE
OF IDEAS ON FORA.TV
'Battle' media partners FORA.tv video-recorded many Battle
of Ideas debates, so if you missed out on the weekend festival,
or even if you attended but couldn't catch a session you really
wanted to see, you can still plug into some of the intellectual
content on offer.
FORA.tv also offers discussion forums associated with each
video so the debate can be carried on there.
View a selection of Battle of Ideas videos below. FORA.tv
archives all recorded Institute of Ideas debates at www.fora.tv/partner/Institute_of_Ideas
The Science and Politics of Climate Change
Debating Darwin
'Recycling is a Waste of Time!'
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BATTLES
IN PRINT
Fifty specially-commissioned, original essays have been published
on the Battle
of Ideas website. Keep an eye on the Battles
in Print page which will continue to publish new
essays through November. And if you were particularly stimulated
by a debate you saw at the Battle, the BiPs provide
an opportunity to delve deeper into the issue.
Themed, full-colour printed collections were sold at the
festival: Music & Arts, Science & Technology,
Best of the BiPs 1 and Best of the BiPs 2.
If you missed your chance, these are still available to buy
from the Institute of Ideas at the original price of £3.
Call 020 7269 9220 for yours. |
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UCS
QUESTION TIME
Tuesday 20 November, 2.15pm
Claire Fox will be chairing a University College School (UCS)
Question
Time, part of the UCS 'Beyond
Words' festival.
Panellists include:
- Prof Sir Colin L Berry: emeritus professor
of morbid anatomy and histopathology at Queen Mary, University
of London
- James Panton: tutor in politics at St John's
College, Oxford, and co-founder of the pro-human campaign
network The Manifesto Club
- Peter Tatchell: human rights campaigner,
founder of OutRage! and Green Party parliamentary candidate
- Ned Temko: author of To Win or Die:
A Personal Portrait of Menachem Begin and former editor
of the Jewish Chronicle |
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IoI
MANCHESTER SALON
Monday 26 November
Claire Fox will introduce a discussion on happiness and the
politics of wellbeing.
For more information, email Hilary Salt at manchestersalon@instituteofideas.com |
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BRIGHTON
SALON
Thursday 15 November
Josie Appleton, convenor of the Manifesto Club, will introduce
'Carbon morality, climate change and ethical emissions'. For
more information visit the Brighton
Salon website
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Battle
of Ideas testimonials "I enjoyed every minute and was very impressed by the commitment and
concern from the audience. Their response graphically illustrated that
a truly public forum as free as possible from political bias can be a
huge success."
"The Battle is now an established benchmark and goes from strength
to strength."
"The place was absolutely packed! What a success."
"It made me rethink some of my ideas which is always a good thing."
"The quality of audience comments was stronger than I've heard at
other debates, which made it particularly rewarding."
"The calibre of panels and level of debate was impressive in all
the sessions I attended, but what I really found unique was the incredibly
vibrant, inclusive and open atmosphere."
"I am deeply impressed by the flawless and flowing nature of such
a large group of 'thinking' people!"
"...the best Battle yet!"
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APPEARANCES |
Claire
Fox will be speaking at the New News, Future News
conference organised by Ofcom/Reuters Institute, at Reuters,
Canary Wharf, London, on Friday 23 November.
Claire Fox will give a lecture as part of a series on Ethics
and Mental Health entitled 'Interrogating the politics of
happiness: The expanding definition of mental illness and
why the state thinks we all need therapy' at Manchester Metropolitan
University on Tuesday 27 November at 6pm.
Claire Fox will give a speech and present prizes at the sixth
form prize-giving at Graveney School on Thursday 15 November.
Dolan Cummings will speak on the politics of happiness at
the Huddersfield
Salon on Thursday 8 November.
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VIDEO
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Claire Fox will be on the Moral
Maze on 21 November - the last in the current series.
Claire Fox will be on Vox
Politix with Iain Dale on 18 Doughty Street Talk
TV on 14 November at 10pm.
IoI & spiked 'Battle Talk'
Science
and barriers to research
31 October: presented by Tony Gilland, Science & Society
Director, Institute of Ideas with guests Prof Conrad Lichtenstein,
Chief Operating Officer, Population Genetics Technologies
Ltd and Dr Stephen Minger, Director, Stem Cell Biology Laboratory,
King's College London. Watch it here.
State
of radical activism on campus
23 October: presented
by Brendan O'Neill, editor, spiked with guests Maria
Grasso, DPhil student, Nuffield College, Oxford University,
and Nathalie Rothschild, commissioning editor, spiked.
Watch it here.
Claire Fox News
The next edition of Claire
Fox News on 18 Doughty Street Talk TV will be on
19 November with a discussion on music.
The previous Claire
Fox News was on new technologies, hosted by Shirley
Dent, IoI Communications Director. Guests were Rob Killick
(CEO, cScape), Toby Marshall (Lecturer and Researcher), Chris
Meade (Co-director, Institute for the Future of the Book)
and Jeremy Thorp (Head of Internal Communications, BT Global
Services, UK).
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IN
THE PRESS
BATTLE
OF IDEAS PRESS
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Keats's
season is less mellow than it seems, Shirley Dent, Guardian
Unlimited books blog, 6 November 2007
I
am facing up to the fact that I may be a Marxist, James
Delingpole, Spectator, 31 October 2007
Let's
have more homes, Claire Fox, MJ, 24 October 2007
British
television isn't in terminal decline - get recording and see,
Raymond Snoddy, Independent, 05 November 2007
Debate
is being stifled by a new form on inquisition, Claire
Fox, Independent, 25 October 2007
Why
blame me? It was all my brain's fault, Raymond Tallis,
The Times, 24 October 2007
The
future of Mumbai, Naresh Fernandes, Time Out,
24 October 2007
Obesity:
the big fat lie?, Vivienne Parry, The Times Body
& Soul, 20 October 2007
Mums
of the world unite, Jennie Bristow, Sunday Herald,
21 October 2007
Spare
us the Hollywood luvvies with a conscience, Nathalie Rothschild,
The Times, 17 October 2007
Fear
of the unknown, Frank Furedi, Guardian Comment is free,
22 October
Obesity
'epidemic': Who are you calling fat?, Patrick Basham,
Independent, 23 October
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Highlights
on Culture Wars this month:
Following our coverage of the Forward
Poetry Prize, and discussions on poetry
at the Culture Wars forum and Battle of Ideas festival, Culture
Wars is soliciting further articles about contemporary poetry
and its place in the broader culture, with a view to expanding
and improving our coverage in 2008.
Other highlights include coverage of the London
Film Festival, and current exhibitions
in London and Madrid. Coming soon: more books and London
theatre.
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