BATTLE OF IDEAS FESTIVAL
Conversations for the public, with the public, in public
SATURDAY 17 & SUNDAY 18 OCTOBER
Church House, Westminster
FREE SPEECH ALLOWED
#BattleFest @acadofideas
Join us for an unmissable weekend of debate and discussion on the most important political, economic, scientific and cultural issues of our time.
EARLY-BIRD RATES END MIDNIGHT TOMORROW,
THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER
WATCH THE TRAILER
SESSIONS INCLUDE
Suicidal empathy: is the West killing itself with kindness? • Women betrayed: should we smash the unions and start again? • NHS to the police: the politicisation of public services • Controlling the narrative? The politics of misinformation and truth • WTF is Manchesterism and can it save the economy? • Anti-social Britain: why do we feel unsafe? • Puberty-blockers scandal: the ethics of clinical trials • Should we scrap the Equality Act? • Is it Islamism or is there a problem with Islam? • What’s the BBC ever done for us? • Can insurgents free us from The Blob? In conversation with Danny Kruger • Finally Trumped: who’s the heir to MAGA? • Visas for all? Britain’s immigration scandal • We don’t need no indoctrination: the politicisation of education • Brexit: the facts strike back • The rise of the femosphere • Grooming gangs to the Nottingham Inquiry: untangling accountability • Does AI change everything?
And so much more - see the full programme HERE
SPEAKERS INCLUDE
Claire Fox • Lord David Frost • Poppy Coburn • Maeve Halligan • Danny Kruger MP • Jacob Mchangama • Frank Furedi • Rosie Duffield MP • Emma Trimble • Lord Maurice Glasman • Andrew Fox • Stella Tsantekidou • Remi Adekoya • Ben Jones • Liam Halligan • Timandra Harkness • Tiffany Jenkins • Richard Johnson • Helen Joyce • Julie Bindel • Rosie Kay • Baroness Kate Hoey • Eric Kaufmann • Laila Cunningham • Catherine McBride • Munira Mirza • Lord Jack McConnell • Tom Slater • Mark Seddon • Josh Howie • Alan Miller • Steve Baker • Allison Pearson • Adam Wren • Kathleen Stock • Ameer Kotecha • Jake Wallis Simons • AND MANY MORE
AND YOUR FAVOURITE PODCASTS…
EARLY-BIRD TICKETS
• Weekend Standard £120
• Weekend Concession £65
• Plus, a £30 student offer!
• School pupils get a free day ticket!
Will our Intel Lady be in attendance again this year? Hope so she was brilliant last year!