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Happy Christmas from Inside The Lords!
Claire Fox gives a final report from parliament on assisted dying, puberty blockers and protests outside parliament.
 • Claire Fox
Merry Christmas from the Academy of Ideas
We hope you have a great festive holiday – a great opportunity to catch up with our debates and to support our work.
 • Claire Fox
Why the state can police your tweets, but not your streets
Jacob Reynolds introduces The Academy 2026 and explains why we now have a 'hostile state', incapable of hitherto basic functions but resolutely focused…
 • Jacob Reynolds
Johnny Ball: my previous life in comedy
The comedian turned children’s TV legend introduces part one of his autobiography.
 • Rob Lyons
Is gambling at the forefront of the fight for liberty? You bet!
Jon Bryan explains how the Budget tax rises were just the latest attack on players. PLUS: Jake Weston previews his case at Thursday's Living Freedom…
 • Jon Bryan and Jake Weston
Academy of Ideas books and gifts: grab some big ideas for Christmas!
We've got a great selection of books and merchandise for sale – not forgetting our brilliant Letters on Liberty pamphlets.
 • Claire Fox
The Omnishambles Budget, mark 2?
Whatever Rachel Reeves announces on Wednesday, it has become abundantly clear that the Labour government has failed to ‘fix the foundations’.
 • Rob Lyons
Inside The Lords: asylum policy, assisted dying and assaults on smokers
Claire Fox reports from a frantic few weeks in parliament.
 • Claire Fox
Curriculum Review: where's the moral commitment to knowledge and truth?
Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, education researcher and director of Don't Divide Us, on why the government's blueprint for schools education is too obsessed with…
 • Alka Sehgal Cuthbert
Don't let the fight for freedom go into hibernation! Forthcoming Living Freedom events
Living Freedom is discussing the gender divide that has emerged in politics – and having a Christmas party with a serious-but-fun balloon debate. PLUS…
 • LivingFreedom
Why Scottish education matters – even if you don't live in Scotland
Labour's new curriculum review has left many of us worried it will lead to dumbing down in England and Wales. Here, Stuart Waiton explains why we have…
 • Scottish Union for Education
Are patriotism and the nation state back?
Bruno Waterfield reflects on flags, national pride and George Orwell in this write-up of his contribution to our Battle of Ideas festival discussion.
 • Claire Fox and Bruno Waterfield
Freedom goes up in smoke – again
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill, featuring a generational ban on buying tobacco, returned to the Lords this week. Watch my intervention and check out a new…
 • Claire Fox
Battle of Ideas festival: read, watch, listen
After the excitement of a packed festival last weekend, catch up on commentary from speakers and enjoy the first recordings released from the debates.
 • Claire Fox
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