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OCTOBER 2023: Boxing: Don’t Count it Out, In Defence of Drag and Freedom: Up in Smoke?
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Power play: who really rules today?
Battle of Ideas festival, October 2023
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Net zero: can the economy and democracy survive?
Battle of Ideas festival, October 2023
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