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London – Join us at the Battle of Ideas Festival in London

19 October 2024, categories: Battle of Ideas, Free speech, News

We are delighted once again to have a stall at the Battle of Ideas festival in London on Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 October at Church House, Westminster.

#BattleFest   @acadofideas

FREE SPEECH ALLOWED

Join us for an unmissable weekend of debate and discussion on the most important political, economic, scientific, and cultural issues of our time.

Conversations for the public, with the public, in public

 

GET YOUR DISCOUNTED TICKETS HERE

USE DISCOUNT CODE: PiP-24

 

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT UNTIL MONDAY 16 SEPTEMBER

 

As ever the festival promises to be an unmissable weekend of debate and discussion on the most important political, economic, scientific, and cultural issues of our time.

SESSIONS INCLUDE

Elections, riots and distrust: what’s the state of democracy?  Is Western civilisation under siege?  Multiculturalism and immigration; integration into what? • Is technology the problem?  The polarisation problem: Can we speak across the divide?  EDI and compelled speech  Decolonised or patriotic curriculum?  Ballots betrayed? The crisis of political representation  Ireland’s new populism  Could citizens’ assemblies save democracy?

PODCASTS LIVE

Planet Normal • Heretics with Andrew Gold • The spiked podcast • The Winston Marshall Show • Chinese Whispers • Last Orders • The Booking Club with Jack Aldane • The Knight Tube • Americano

And many more sessions – see the latest timetable here

SPEAKERS INCLUDE

Andrew Doyle • Greg Lukianoff  • Claire Fox • Nico Perrino • Ella Whelan • Alka Sehgal Cuthbert • Kathleen Stock • Tom Slater • Joanna Williams  Timandra Harkness • Joanna Cherry KC • Fraser Myers • Freddy Gray • Jennifer Lahl • Zion Lights • Lord Walney • Frank Furedi • Catherine McBride • Cindy Yu • Alan Miller  Inaya Folarin Iman • Liam Halligan  Allison Pearson • Thomas Fazi • Baroness Deech  Rosie Kay • Stella O’Malley • Lord Moynihan • Luke Tryl

and many more!

EARLYBIRD TICKETS:

  • Standard £90
  • Concession £45
  • Also £25 student offer!
  • School pupils get a day ticket free!
  • Discount code ensures additional 20% off the listed early bird prices
  • Find out more, and book your tickets, here  (Remember the code PiP-24)

Our stall will be in the ideas market of the festival. Please do come and speak to us during the breaks, find out about how our groups work and whether there is a group you can join in your area. And if you don’t have one, we will explain how you can start your own!