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Antisemitism, protest and Holocaust revisionism
On the eve of the October 7th anniversary and in the light of events over the past few days, four discussions at the Battle of Ideas festival, on 18 …
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Rob Lyons
Name one Brexit benefit? How about 75?
In a guest post, writer Gully Foyle on the Labour pains associated with his new book and why we need to keep making the case for leaving the EU.
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Rob Lyons
Is the party over for Labour?
A year on from that electoral landslide, Keir Starmer’s government is deeply unpopular. At the Battle of Ideas festival, we’ll discuss whether a revival…
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Rob Lyons
Blasphemy laws and 'two-tier' justice
The fallout from two criminal cases surrounding the burning of a copy of the Koran will be discussed at two sessions at this year's Battle of Ideas…
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Rob Lyons
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Two hundred years of railways – so why can't we build things today?
Two sessions at this year's Battle of Ideas festival will look at our infrastructure crisis and whether the state can rescue British industry.
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Rob Lyons
Why the Battle of Ideas festival matters
With free speech under attack – quite literally in the case of Charlie Kirk – the festival is a vital space for free and frank debate. EARLY-BIRD…
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Claire Fox
The killing of Iryna Zarutska shows the mainstream media’s total moral collapse
The media is more interested in narrative control than in dealing with the issues laid bare by this murder – and that of Charlie Kirk.
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Jacob Reynolds
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Thou Shall Not Tweet
The arrest of Graham Linehan is a shocking indictment of the UK's addiction to speech policing
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Claire Fox
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Working-class storytelling: our personal lives have always been political
Academic and Battle of Ideas speaker Lisa Mckenzie on how she accidentally became a playwright, reflecting on her youthful experiences and her community…
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Lisa Mckenzie
Online Safety Act and the Balkanisation of the internet
Matthew Lesh argues that the censorious nature of the law, enacted in the name of child protection, was obvious from the start.
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Matthew Lesh
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Assisted dying and the importance of hospice care
It is disturbing that parliament is considering the legalisation of assisted death while simultaneously putting more financial pressure on the services…
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Claire Fox
Shooting the arguments that matter
Join the team behind the cameras! After 20 years of filming the Battle of Ideas, WORLDwrite's Ceri Dingle explains why the festival matters – and…
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Ceri Dingle
No, Brits don’t want to rejoin the EU
A poll published last weekend has been spun to claim that UK voters are experiencing Brexit regret. But other polls suggest that Rejoiners are being…
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Gully Foyle
Edinburgh International Book Festival is beyond ‘repair’
There's no room for writers who believe that biological sex is real and who support women's rights, says Susan Smith of For Women Scotland. PLUS: watch…
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Susan Chynoweth-Smith
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