Satirical Art and the Culture War
31 Oval Road 31 Oval Road, London, United KingdomManick Govinda (curator) interviews satirical artist Miriam Elia.
£3 – £5
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Singing the News: a recital of news poems
31 Oval Road 31 Oval Road, London, United KingdomA poetry recital by Andrew Calcutt, with visual accompaniment from Simon Miles, followed by a Q&A and discussion.
£3.50 – £5
Dido Powell’s Art Tours 2023 – Tour 3 – Mythology in Art: Pleasure, Punishment and Christian counterparts
National Gallery Trafalgar Square, London, United KingdomThe third of Dido Powell's 2023 art museum tours will look at how the Greek and Roman myths have been represented in art from the Renaissance to the twentieth century - and the purposes served in using those myths in different periods.
Warm-Strict Schools: saving pupils or ‘another brick in the wall’?
online, via ZoomJoin the Academy of Ideas Education Forum for a discussion of what role behaviourist theories shoud play in the life of a school.
Free
China: the end of the party?
online, via ZoomAustin Williams and James Woudhuysen introduce a discussion of China's economy, politics and international position today.
Free
Dido Powell’s Art Tours 2023 – Tour 4 – The Art of War: Propaganda, Illustration, technology and escape, part 1
Tate Britain Millbank, London, United KingdomThe fourth of Dido Powell's 2023 art museum tours will look at British paintings from the seventeenth century to the early twentieth century, examining themes of heroism, martyrdom, triumph, stoicism and leadership.
Jack Hues in conversation: Reflections of a Rock Star
31 Oval Road 31 Oval Road, London, United KingdomThe Arts & Society Forum welcomes musician Jack Hues as special guest, part of an occasional series ‘Ask an Artist …’.
Dido Powell’s Art Tours 2023 – Tour 5 – The Art of War: Propaganda, Illustration, technology and escape, part 2
Victoria & Albert Museum Cromwell Road, London, United KingdomThe fifth of Dido Powell's 2023 art museum tours will look at anti-war art, with themes around atrocity, psychology, the technology of war and the 'Return to Order'.
Battle of Ideas festival 2023
Church House Deans Yard, London SW1P 3NZ, London, United KingdomOur flagship event, which has been running since 2005, returns with two days of thought-provoking public debate, where the motto is FREE SPEECH ALLOWED.
Buxton Battle of Ideas festival 2023
Devonshire Dome 1 Devonshire Road, Buxton, United KingdomA day of debate on politics, economics, philosophy and more at The Devonshire Dome as the Battle of Ideas festival returns to Buxton!
FSU Belfast Speakeasy: The State of Free Speech in Northern Ireland
Titanic Hotel Belfast 8 Queens Road, Belfast, United KingdomA Free Speech Union Speakeasy, in association with the Battle of Ideas Festival.
Dido Powell’s London Gallery Tours 2024, Tour 1: Ugly Art
Tate Modern Bankside, London, United KingdomThe first in a series of four art tours led by Dido Powell.
£12