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

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

Gagged cartoonists: is satire still possible?

Sunday 29 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Dr Graham Barnfield, Andy Davey, Stella Perrett

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

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

Sex and drugs and rock’n’roll: has music lost its edge?

Saturday 28 October 2023
SPEAKERS: Professor Aaqil Ahmed, Tom Collyer, Jenny Holland

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

Letters on Liberty: Translation as Liberation

Sunday 16 October 2022
SPEAKERS: Dr Marie Kawthar Daouda, Dr Shirley Lawes, Dr Vanessa Pupavac

Is opera just for toffs?

Sunday 16 October 2022
SPEAKERS: Henrietta Bredin, Dolan Cummings, Peter Hanke, Michael Hollick

Sanitised or modernised: staging Shakespeare today

Sunday 16 October 2022
SPEAKERS: Professor Aaqil Ahmed, Lindsay Johns, Tomiwa Owolade, Dr Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, Daniel Smith

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