Battle of Ideas festival 2023

Academy of Ideas

Two days of high-level, thought-provoking debate in the heart of Westminster, with the motto FREE SPEECH ALLOWED.

Church House, Westminster

The Battle of Ideas festival is serious, fun, inspiring and much more. But don’t take it from us – what makes it unique is that it is not simply about listening to academics and commentators telling you what they think. For us, the audience IS the festival, and we actively encourage you to have your say, to challenge other people’s ideas and be challenged yourself.If you’re sick of shouting at the telly, and a weekend of civil but passionate debate in-the-flesh sounds up your street, don’t hesitate: grab your ticket. Let Battle commence.SESSIONS INCLUDETerminator or tech hype? AI and the apocalypse • Free Speech on Campus: Should Hecklers Be Banned? • Can Museums Survive the Culture Wars? • What is the Blob? • From Mizzy to Shoplifting: Anti-Social Society? • Covid to Climate: Have We Lost Faith in (The) Science? • The Morality of Surrogacy • Have We Given Up on Sexual Freedom? • The Politics of Hate: Is Everyone a Bigot but Me? • I Predict a Riot: France in Flames • Extreme Weather: Can We Adapt to a Changing Climate? • I Dissent: Challenging the Age of Conformism • Square-Eyed Screenagers: Are Phones Corrupting Our Kids? • Andrew Tate and the Lost Boys • Bodies That Matter: Transgenderism and TranshumanismV﻿iew the full programme <a href="https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/programme/overview/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>. SPEAKERS INCLUDEKathleen Stock • Andrew Doyle • Jonathan Israel • Ivan Krastev • Claire Fox • Konstantin Kisin • Matthew Goodwin • David Davis MP• Ella Whelan • Lord David Frost • Frank Furedi • Alka Sehgal Cuthbert • Tom Slater • Silkie Carlo • Alan Miller • Tomiwa Owolade • Lord Moylan • Inaya Folarin Iman • Joanna Williams • Sam Bowman • Laura Dodsworth • Rakib Ehsan • Thomas Fazi • Ralph Schoellhammer • Toby Young • Nina Power • Peter Hitchens • Timandra Harkness • Nick Dixon • Fraser Myers • Peter Boghossian • Graham Linehan James Orr • Vanity Von Glow and many more!View all speakers <a href="https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/speakers/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.

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