Are the arts being expelled from education?
Sunday 20 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Dr Oliver Doyle, Manick Govinda, Dr Lola Salem, Gabriella Swallow
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
Are cultural boycotts killing artistic freedom?
Saturday 19 October 2024
SPEAKERS: Professor Aaqil Ahmed, Jonny Best, Denise Fahmy, Josh Howie, Liat Rosenthal
Boxing: Don’t Count it Out
Saturday 25 November 2023
SPEAKERS: Chris Akers, Rob Lyons, Vanessa Pupavac
Sport’s trans wars
Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Dr Tim Black, Dr Sara Dahlen, Baroness Kate Hoey, Fiona McAnena
From BBC to GB News: can the media be impartial?
Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Michael Booker, Iain Macwhirter, Helen Searls, Baroness Stowell
Can museums survive the culture wars?
Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Denise Fahmy, Dr Tiffany Jenkins, Dr Zareer Masani, Emma Webb
Letters on Liberty: In Defence of Drag
Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Caroline Ffiske, Manick Govinda, Dr Don Milligan, Vanity von Glow, Cressida Wetton
Why do comedians keep siding with the establishment?
Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Miriam Elia, Dominic Frisby, Graham Linehan
Gagged cartoonists: is satire still possible?
Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Dr Graham Barnfield, Andy Davey, Stella Perrett
Who gives a folk?
Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Brian Denny, Maeve Halligan, Denis Russell
Misinformation wars: who fact-checks the fact-checkers?
Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Liam Deacon, Andrew Lowenthal, Florence Read
Balloon debate: what’s the best screen adaptation of a book?
Saturday 28 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Jonathan Grant, Ethan Green, Phil Harrison, Sibyl Ruth, Dr Maren Thom, Barry Wall
Is AI the end of art?
Saturday 28 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Dr JJ Charlesworth, Vivek Haria, Rosie Kay, Dr Hamish Todd
From rewriting classics to sensitivity readers: the battle for books
Saturday 28 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Phil Harrison, Masimba Musodza, Tomiwa Owolade, Jane Robins, Sibyl Ruth
Sex and drugs and rock’n’roll: has music lost its edge?
Saturday 28 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Professor Aaqil Ahmed, Tom Collyer, Jenny Holland
Tough Crowd: Graham Linehan in Conversation with Andrew Doyle
Saturday 28 October 2023
SPEAKER: Graham Linehan
Performance Anxiety podcast – live
Saturday 28 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Alex Dale, Maren Thom
Not just for snobs: defending classical music
Saturday 28 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Dolan Cummings, Jack Hues, Professor Ian Pace, Dr Lola Salem
Letters on Liberty: Boxing – Don’t count it out
Saturday 28 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Chris Akers,Max Barragan Segre, Luke Gittos
Online sleuths: why are we obsessed with true crime?
Saturday 28 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Sue Cook, Dr Ruth Dudley Edwards, Luke Gittos, Graham Wettone
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