Can technology set you free? |
22 Nov 12 |
Whatever happened to equality? |
10 Nov 12 |
Satire today: still kicking against the pricks? |
29 Oct 12 |
How to feed a growing world |
29 Oct 12 |
Bookshop Barnie: Martin Jacques |
26 Oct 12 |
The Battle of Ideas 2012 |
20 Oct 12 |
No more heroes? Art, genius and tradition |
16 Oct 12 |
Defence of subjects |
11 Oct 12 |
Fifty Shades of Grey: mummy porn or feminist crisis? |
10 Oct 12 |
Goodbye to the freedom of the press |
9 Oct 12 |
Riots and revolutions: Europe's young radicals? |
8 Oct 12 |
Insufficiency and the drama of science: play & discussion |
6 Oct 12 |
What does tolerance mean today? |
2 Oct 12 |
Putting exams to the test |
1 Oct 12 |
IOI XMAS LECTURE: It’s Christmas in Euroland |
15 Dec 11 |
Is technology making us smarter or dumber? |
1 Nov 11 |
Battle of Ideas festival 2011 |
29 Oct 11 |
Artificial intelligence, bionic men and human consciousness |
25 Oct 11 |
Your Days Are Numbered: the maths of death |
25 Oct 11 |
Fukushima fallout |
24 Oct 11 |
The New International? Literature in an age of ‘globish’ |
20 Oct 11 |
After the riots: what makes a city? |
19 Oct 11 |
Taming the tabloid beast: reining in the press after Hackgate? |
18 Oct 11 |
Warning - women at work |
12 Oct 11 |
The End Is Nigh: is survival all we can hope for? |
11 Oct 11 |
Dangerous books for boys? The literacy debate |
11 Oct 11 |
Should England’s schools become 'engines of social mobility'? |
6 Oct 11 |
The Olympics, doping and the meaning of sport |
5 Oct 11 |
Not in front of the children: are our kids oversexualised? |
4 Oct 11 |
Idea factories? Manufacturing and making in the 21st century |
30 Sep 11 |
Grayling’s New College: the vanguard of academic freedom, or an assault on education? |
22 Jun 11 |
A wicked leak of state secrets? Transparency, power and the diplomatic cables |
27 Jan 11 |
Criminal cuts? The legal aid debate |
17 Nov 10 |
Documentary Foundations – the new quangocracy? The battle for editorial independence |
6 Nov 10 |
Bookshop Barnie with Natalie Haynes |
2 Nov 10 |
The future of transport: the highway to hell? |
25 Oct 10 |
Nature of Genius: standing on the shoulders of giants or genes? |
21 Oct 10 |
We’re all depressed now? Redefining mental illness in a therapeutic era |
21 Oct 10 |
Bookshop Barnie with Lord Bingham |
20 Oct 10 |
Is this the jilted generation? |
19 Oct 10 |
Public Health - should evidence always dictate policy? |
18 Oct 10 |
X-factor: Singing in the name of quality? |
14 Oct 10 |
A new era of liberty? |
12 Oct 10 |
The Myth of Racist Kids |
11 Oct 10 |
Papal plots, burqa bans: what does it mean to be secular today? |
7 Oct 10 |
Free schools: do parents or teachers know best? |
4 Oct 10 |
A Greek tragedy? Bailouts, unrest and the future of the eurozone |
18 May 10 |
The Battle for Politics: Institute of Ideas pre-election public summit |
20 Mar 10 |
Question Time on Ideologies and Beliefs |
3 Mar 10 |
Looking Forward to 2010: Privacy, Human Rights and the Law |
15 Dec 09 |
Hard Nutt to crack: do we want an evidence-based drugs policy? |
12 Nov 09 |
Post-recession ideologies: what ideas will shape the world after the crunch? |
4 Nov 09 |
We don't do McDonald's: America and World Culture |
27 Oct 09 |
Science on Screen – not testing enough? |
26 Oct 09 |
Space: from infinite dreams to recurring nightmares |
23 Oct 09 |
Drawing the line: political cartooning in an age of offence |
22 Oct 09 |
Museums for world peace? The pros and cons of cultural diplomacy |
21 Oct 09 |
Sustainability in Architecture Late-Nite Review |
15 Oct 09 |
Do children need protecting from adult carers? |
14 Oct 09 |
Divining art? Culture and the sacred in the 21st century |
13 Oct 09 |
Age of Autism: rethinking 'normal' |
12 Oct 09 |
Don and dusted: is the age of the scholar over? |
7 Oct 09 |
Going back to our roots? History and Identity |
6 Oct 09 |
The Future of Collaboration: Sharing and Work in the Networked Age |
25 Sep 09 |
The Battle for the Economy |
16 May 09 |
Are we over-protecting children? |
24 Mar 09 |
Return of the IRA? |
15 Mar 09 |
IS THERE MORE TO FREEDOM THAN “CIVIL LIBERTIES”? |
8 Mar 09 |
From Fatwa and Book-Burning to Jihad and Hate Laws: Twenty Years of Free-Speech Wars |
12 Feb 09 |
The fight over flight: what's the problem with travel? |
8 Feb 09 |
The Political Significance of the Economic Crisis |
16 Dec 08 |
Battle of Ideas Festival 2008 |
1 Nov 08 |
Contemporary attitudes to ageing and dying |
28 Oct 08 |
Contemporary attitudes to ageing and dying |
28 Oct 08 |
Innovation in Architecture Late-Nite Review |
23 Oct 08 |
Soapbox debate: "Artists should elect their own parliament" |
22 Oct 08 |
Who needs ballet when we've got street dance? |
21 Oct 08 |
Is the avant garde passé? |
14 Oct 08 |
What is the point of British foreign policy? |
9 Oct 08 |
Poetry and radicalism: Mouthing off or making a difference? |
7 Oct 08 |
Who Gives a Folk? |
29 Jul 08 |
Battle for China |
12 Jul 08 |
After McDonaldization |
13 Jun 08 |
Battle of Ideas Festival 2007 |
27 Oct 07 |
The battle over ethics and regulation |
26 Oct 07 |
Battle of Ideas: What good is e-learning? |
5 Oct 07 |
Design in Denial? |
1 Oct 07 |
Slaves to the Past |
21 May 07 |
Making Connections: The Present - The Global Museum |
22 May 06 |
Battle of Ideas (Day One of Two) |
29 Oct 05 |
Institute of Ideas and Pfizer Debating Matters Competition 2004/05 National Final |
2 Jul 05 |
Should We Junk Collections? |
16 May 05 |
Where Is The Real Opposition? |
14 Apr 05 |
Health: an unhealthy obsession? |
12 Feb 05 |
Children and their brains |
3 Feb 05 |
What are museums for? |
17 Sep 04 |
Open mind: Ideas, intellectuals and the public |
29 Aug 04 |
Debating matters: The Battle of the Schools |
24 Aug 04 |
Round Table Rumbles |
22 Aug 04 |
Crisis? What Crisis? Re-examining what education is for |
3 Jul 04 |
ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION: GOOD, BAD OR NECESSARY EVIL? |
12 Jun 04 |
Human Remains: objects to study or ancestors to bury? |
18 May 04 |
