Battle of Ideas 2015
17 & 18 October |
London

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2015 speakers include
David Aaronovitch, columnist, The Times; author, Voodoo Histories; chair, Index on Censorship

Linda Blum , associate professor of sociology, Northeastern University, Boston

Christina Hoff Sommers, writer and resident scholar, American Enterprise Institute; host, weekly video series, The Factual Feminist

David Chandler, professor of international relations, University of Westminster; author, Resilience: the Governance of Complexity

Trisha Greenhalgh, professor of primary care health sciences, University of Oxford

Frank Furedi, sociologist and social commentator; author, What's Happened to the University?, Power of Reading: from Socrates to Twitter, On Tolerance and Authority: a sociological history

Christopher Coker , professor of international relations, LSE; books include Future War and Can War Be Eliminated?

Brendan O'Neill, editor, spiked; columnist, Big Issue; contributor, Spectator; author, A Duty to Offend: Selected Essays

Julie Bindel, journalist, author, broadcaster and feminist activist; research fellow, Lincoln University

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Readings

Violent crime in England and Wales falls again, A&E data shows, Dominic Casciani

Today's Media Influences on Young Children, Mary Renck Jalongo

Veep creator Armando Iannucci tells BBC to stop interfering with programme makers, Christopher Williams

The public broadcaster without a public, Blair Spowart

Geek Culture Needs to Stop Patronizing Black People, Tonya Pennington

Yemen crisis: Who is fighting whom?, BBC News

One in seven treatments not necessary, warns NHS chief, Robert Mendick, and Laura Donnelly

Something Borrowed, Alec Wilkinson

The Transformation of Medellín Provides a Model for Cities Worldwide, Judith Rodin

How Much Public Space Does a City Need?, Greg Scruggs

Electronic cigarettes: Call it quits, Economist

Crisis, Opportunity and Climate Austerity in Drought-Stricken California, Kate Aronoff

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