Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 October, Church House, London
From riots to shoplifting: dealing with lawlessness
Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Professor Ian Acheson, Shaun Bailey, Richard Garside, Lisa McKenzie, Alan Miller
(Mis)information: the battle for free speech online
Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Timandra Harkness, Fraser Myers, Nico Perrino, Eli Vieira, Dr Daniel Williams
A sense of place: how to create community in a fractured world
Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Dave Clements, William Clouston, Abbot Christopher Jamison, Michael Merrick, Kim Samuel
From WPATH to the Cass Review: the crisis in medical ethics
Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Stephanie Davies-Arai, Susan Evans, Jennifer Lahl, Dr Margaret McCartney, Stella O’Malley
Genocide: what it is and what it isn’t
Saturday 19 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Natasha Hausdorff, Lesley Klaff, Jonathan Sacerdoti
Balloon debate: who is the world’s greatest comic?
Saturday 19 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Paul Cox, Nick Dixon, Simon Evans, Dominic Frisby, Ethan Green, Cressida Wetton
Identity politics and the rise of ethnic conflict
Saturday 19 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Dr Rakib Ehsan, James Heartfield, Khadija Khan, Kunle Olulode, Charlie Peters
Is anti-extremism a threat to liberty?
Saturday 19 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Professor Ian Acheson, Silkie Carlo, Luke Gittos, Munira Mirza, Eli Vieira
Running back to EU? Labour, Europe and the economy
Saturday 19 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Catherine McBride, Ali Miraj, Dr Thomas Sampson, Gawain Towler
(De)socialised on YouTube?
Saturday 19 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Ada Akpala, Elliot Bewick, Andrew Gold, Fraser Myers
Debating Matters: ‘Smartphones should be banned in the classroom’
Saturday 19 October 2024
DEBATING SCHOOLS: The Burgate School, Oakwood Park Grammar School
Decolonised or patriotic curriculum?
Saturday 19 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Louise Burton, Dia Chakravarty, Andre Ediagbonya-Davies, Ben Habib
Is Western civilisation under siege?
Saturday 19 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Professor Bill Durodie, Dr Tiffany Jenkins, Dr Sean Lang, Jacob Phillips, Peter Whittle
Islam vs Islamism vs Islamophobia
Saturday 19 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Professor Aaqil Ahmed, Mohammed Amin MBE, Peymana Assad, Dolan Cummings, Dr Taj Hargey
Could AI break the productivity impasse?
Saturday 19 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Tom Bewick, Donald Clark, Dr Norman Lewis, Andrew Orlowski
Academic freedom: (still) under threat?
Saturday 19 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Dr Bryn Harris, Helen Joyce, Akua Reindorf KC, Michelle Shipworth. Graham Stringer MP
Gen Z: how to become a dissenter
Saturday 19 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Emma Gilland, Vinay Kapoor, Ralph Leonard, Tyler Robinson, Samuel Rubinstein
Gender wars: no end in sight?
Saturday 19 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Simon Calvert, Bev Jackson, Stephen Knight, Fiona McAnena, Professor Jo Phoenix
Book launch: The Power of Nuclear: The rise, fall and return of our mightiest energy source
Saturday 19 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Marco Visscher
From social media to AI: a tech moral panic?
Saturday 19 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Lord James Bethell, Andrew Doyle, Timandra Harkness, Sandy Starr
Assisted dying on the NHS?
Saturday 19 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Dr Piers Benn, Baroness Ilora Finlay of Llandaff, Rev Canon Rosie Harper, Professor Kevin Yuill
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