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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…
Dec 15
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Johnny Ball: my previous life in comedy
The comedian turned children’s TV legend introduces part one of his autobiography.
Dec 11
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Rob Lyons
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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…
Dec 9
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Jon Bryan
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Jake Weston
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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.
Dec 4
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Claire Fox
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November 2025
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’.
Nov 25
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Rob Lyons
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Inside The Lords: asylum policy, assisted dying and assaults on smokers
Claire Fox reports from a frantic few weeks in parliament.
Nov 20
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Claire Fox
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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…
Nov 13
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Alka Sehgal Cuthbert
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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…
Nov 10
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LivingFreedom
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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…
Nov 6
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Scottish Union for Education
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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.
Nov 4
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Claire Fox
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Bruno Waterfield
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October 2025
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…
Oct 29
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Claire Fox
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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.
Oct 24
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Claire Fox
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