Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 October, Barbican, London

Battle 2017 Lecture: how do we create an economic renaissance?

Sunday 29 October 2017
SPEAKER: Phil Mullan

Censorship and identity: free speech for me but not for you?

Sunday 29 October 2017
SPEAKERS: Professor Frank Furedi, Nick Gillespie, Jodie Ginsberg, Trevor Phillips, Toby Young

Why Luther still matters: religious conscience and individual liberty

Sunday 29 October 2017
SPEAKERS: Professor Aaqil Ahmed, Dolan Cummings, Kate Maltby, Jon O’Brien

Truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth

Sunday 29 October 2017
SPEAKERS: Sohrab Ahmari, Andrew Bernstein, Dr Tim Black, Professor Steve Fuller, Professor Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian

Cultural appropriation: compliment or theft?

Saturday 28 October 2017
SPEAKERS: Dr Sarah Cheang, Dr Tiffany Jenkins, Kunle Olulode, Bijan Omrani, Sameer Rahim

Safety first: do we live in a cottonwool society?

Saturday 28 October 2017
SPEAKERS: Richard Angell, Terry Barnes, Professor Bill Durodié, Dr Clare Gerada, Lenore Skenazy

Diversity: does it matter?

Saturday 28 October 2017
SPEAKERS: Josie Appleton, Amali De Alwis, Dreda Say Mitchell, Cathy Young

Is there a culture war against populism?

Saturday 28 October 2017
SPEAKERS: Professor Frank Furedi, David Goodhart, Elif Shafak

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