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Book Launch: Why Borders Matter

7:00pm, Tuesday 30 June, online, via Zoom

An online book launch hosted by the Academy of Ideas - Frank Furedi in conversation with Timandra Harkness READ MORE

Coronavirus: has the NHS had a good crisis?

7:00pm, Tuesday 23 June, online, via Zoom

Join us for our latest Lockdown Debate as a panel of experts and commentators discuss what Covid-19 reveals about healthcare in the UK. READ MORE

The Art of Composition: Gericault and Picasso

7:30pm, Thursday 18 June, online, via Zoom

In the next discussion in our ‘Ask an Artist' series, painter Dido Powell explains how she took inspiration from Gericault's The Raft of the Medusa and Picasso's Three Dancers. READ MORE

‘Normal People’ by Sally Rooney

7:00pm, Thursday 11 June, online, via Zoom

Ella Whelan, co-convenor of the Battle of Ideas festival, will introduce the discussion. READ MORE

Covid-19 and the economy: the oil industry

7:00pm, Wednesday 10 June, online, via Zoom

Robert Fig introduces our discussion on the impact of coronavirus on the oil industry and the wider ramifications. READ MORE

What does George Floyd’s killing mean for British society?

7:00pm, Tuesday 9 June, online, via Zoom

Join us for this live online panel debate. READ MORE

Behind the frontline

7:00pm, Monday 8 June, online, via Zoom

Join the AoI Social Policy Forum for a discussion on what the pandemic means for our understanding of 'essential workers'. READ MORE

Moral responses to the pandemic: Susan Neiman and Frank Furedi

6:30pm, Wednesday 3 June, online, via Zoom

An international conversation featuring two high-profile intellectuals. READ MORE

International disorder: has Covid-19 killed globalism?

7:00pm, Monday 1 June, online, via Zoom

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