Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 October, Church House, London
Saturday 25 November, Devonshire Dome, Buxton
Politics of hate: is everyone a bigot but me?
Saturday 25 November 2023
SPEAKERS: Dennis Hayes, Ike Ijeh, Liz Kershaw, Andy Shaw
Battle for the classroom: education or indoctrination?
Saturday 25 November 2023
SPEAKERS: Penny Lewis, Agnes Snow, Ruth Wareham, Clive Wright
Net Zero and the great energy debate
Saturday 25 November 2023
SPEAKERS: Joanna Collins, Dr Caspar Hewett, Mark Hill, Rick Moore
What are the limits of AI?
Saturday 25 November 2023
SPEAKERS: Rob Bashforth, Eleanor Kavanagh-Brown, Dr Wajahat Ali Khan
A nation of shoplifters? Britain’s anti-social society
Saturday 25 November 2023
SPEAKERS: Tom Andrews, Lisa McKenzie, Dr Elizabeth Peatfield, Jane Sandeman
From debanking to Bud Light: the rights and wrongs of ESG
Saturday 25 November 2023
SPEAKERS: Joan Mulvenna, Professor David Paton, Hilary Salt, Barry Wall
Is the NHS fit for purpose?
Saturday 25 November 2023
SPEAKERS: Emily Barley, Nicky Drury, Susie Hawkes, Rob Lyons
In the wake of terror: anti-Semitism today
Saturday 25 November 2023
SPEAKERS: Daniel Ben-Ami, Ike Ijeh, Lesley Klaff, Stephen Knight
Boxing: Don’t Count it Out
Saturday 25 November 2023
SPEAKERS: Chris Akers, Rob Lyons, Vanessa Pupavac
Letters on Liberty: Risking it All: the freedom to gamble
Saturday 25 November 2023
SPEAKERS: Jon Bryan, Niall Clarke, Dr Ken McLaughlin
Are the Culture Wars a distraction?
Saturday 25 November 2023
SPEAKERS: Dr Remi Adekoya, Simon Calvert, Dr Cheryl Hudson, Stephen Knight, Bruno Waterfield
Buxton Battle of Ideas festival 2023: welcome address
Saturday 25 November 2023
SPEAKERS: Dennis Hayes, Mo Lovatt, Ella Whelan
Have we given up on sexual freedom?
Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Ralph Leonard, Nina Power, Ella Whelan, Rosie Wilby
Israel at war
Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Daniel Ben-Ami, Dr Jake Wallis Simons, Lord David Wolfson
Schools: the great expulsion debate
Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Dave Clements, Michael Merrick, Stella O’Malley, Dr Tony Sewell CBE
Against fatalism: how can we create a new enlightenment?
Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Frank Furedi, Jonathan Israel, Munira Mirza
Politicisation of therapy
Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Dr Jennifer Cunningham, James Esses, Amy Gallagher, Dr Carole Sherwood
Sport’s trans wars
Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Dr Tim Black, Dr Sara Dahlen, Baroness Kate Hoey, Fiona McAnena
Net zero: can the economy and democracy survive?
Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Lord David Frost, Rob Lyons, Scarlett Maguire, John McTernan
Andrew Tate and the Lost Boys
Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Nick Dixon, Dr Ashley Frawley, Matilda Gosling, Dennis Kavanagh
What would a Labour government look like?
Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Dr Tim Black, Dr Richard Johnson, Mark Seddon, James Smith, Joan Smith
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