Buxton Battle of Ideas festival 2022
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!
£5 – £25
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What does 2023 hold for the arts?
31 Oval Road 31 Oval Road, London, United KingdomTickets are £7/£5 (concessions) are available via Eventbrite. Arts institutions shape themselves and their policies around promoting social good, and have accepted a political agenda around climate change and identity politics. They want to be seen to be on the ‘right side’ of progress, but have they become overly instrumentalist and constraining in their approach? […]
£5 – £7
Dido Powell’s Art Tours 2023 – Tour 1 – Storytelling: Space and Clutter
Tate Britain Millbank, London, United KingdomIn the first of Dido Powell's 2023 art museum tours, the topic is the use of space and clutter in Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite narrative painting.
Have Brits fallen out of love with work?
online, via ZoomLinda Murdoch introduces this Economy Forum discussion on why we have so many vacancies and the impact that has on the economy.
Free
Should teachers strike during an education crisis?
Accent Study Centre 12 Bedford Square, LondonJoin the Academy of Ideas Education Forum for this in-person roundtable debate on the pros and cons of industrial action.
£5 – £7
Dido Powell’s Art Tours 2023 – Tour 2 – The Elements: water, air and fire
Tate Britain Millbank, London, United KingdomThe second of Dido Powell's 2023 art museum tours will look at how the elements, especially air and water, offer artists a route away from material subjects and three-dimensional reality towards capturing changing light and weather effects in a tangible form.
Satirical Art and the Culture War
31 Oval Road 31 Oval Road, London, United KingdomManick Govinda (curator) interviews satirical artist Miriam Elia.
£3 – £5
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.