Battles in Print
- in conjunction with the Battle of Ideas 2006
The Battles in Print will run alongside the two-day interdisciplinary festival at the end of October, known as the Battle of Ideas 2006. These essays will be available online and in print on the day of each session to open audience members to the key issues as well as serve for reflection afterwards. They will be written by leading academics, journalists and practitioners in various professions from medicine to education, in an effort to present new ways into the debates of today. These essays have been specially commissioned by the Battle of Ideas editorial team: Emilie Bickerton, Chris Bickerton, Munira Mirza and Phil Cunliffe.
- An eye for an eye: what is punishment for?
A Battle in Print by Daniel Lloyd, a qualified barrister, and co-founder of the civil liberties group, Freedom and Law. - Are we paralysed by risk aversion?
IT: Threat or Opportunity?: A Battle in Print by Robert Killick, founder and CEO, cScape, and Nathalie Rothschild, editorial assistant, spiked - Are we paralysed by risk aversion?
Risk aversion in the 21st century: a Battle in print by Tony Gilland, science and society director, Academy of Ideas - Can films change the world?
A Battle in Print by Josh Appignanesi, director, 'Song of Songs' - Can the book survive in an era of sound bites and txting?
A Battle in Print by Chris Meade, director, Booktrust - Can the book survive in an era of sound bites and txting?
A Battle in Print by Toby Lichtig, Times Literary Supplement - Can the book survive in an era of sound bites and txting?
The Medium is Not the Message: A Battle in Print by Tim Black - Carbon, carbon everywhere?
The problem with carbon: a Battle in Print by Richard Rees, urban design director, BDP - Carbon, carbon everywhere?
Waking Up to Coal: A Battle in Print by David O'Toole - Clash of Civilisations or Cultural Crisis?
A Battle in Print by Bill Durodie, senior lecturer in Risk and Corporate Security, Cranfield University, UK Defence Academy - Debating Matters on poetry
A Battle in Print by David Bowden, student of English Literature, University of Exeter - Does Every Child really Matter – has the abuse panic gone too far?
Every child matters – so don’t touch!: A Battle in Print by Heather Piper, senior research fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University and Catherine Scott - Does the media dumb down complex ideas in the arts, science and politics?
A Battle in Print by Jonathan Tuchner, director of press and public affairs, Arts & Business - Empire of Regulation or Lawless World?
A Battle in Print by Michael Savage - Human enhancement: creating superhumans or dicing with our destinies?
The Age of the Uber-Athlete: A Battle in Print by Jon Entine, columnist, Ethical Corporation Magazine; Adjunct Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, Washington DC - Human enhancement: creating superhumans or dicing with our destinies?
A Battle in Print by Stuart Derbyshire, senior lecturer, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham - Is the rise of religion and faith-based politics a problem?
A Battle in Print by Martin Summers, public affairs advisor - Is TV Good For Children?
A Battle in Print by Wendy Earle, commissioning editor (education), British Film Institute - Litigation and litigation avoidance – tying ourselves in knots?
Cases that rob negligence of its meaning by Jon Holbrook, a barrister, working in London - Money is not the root of all evil
A Battle in Print by Patrick Hayes, promotions coordinator, Battle of Ideas - Morbid Fascinations - our obsession with death
A Battle in Print by Tony Walter, Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath - Nature knows best? - the organic food debate
A Battle in Print by Rob Lyons, writer, spiked - Nature’s revenge?
A Battle in Print by Joe Kaplinsky, patent analyst and science writer - 'Nuff respect? Questioning the respect agenda
'Not enough respect': a Battle in Print by Patrick Turner, writer and researcher on youth issues - Playing Balls - why are men becoming obsessed with their health?
The men's health movement - a morbid symptom: a Battle in Print by Michael Fitzpatrick, GP - Pupils taking over the classroom
A Battle in Print by Michele Ledda, teacher - Putting design and technology to good use
A Battle in Print by Martyn Perks, design consultant - Reaching for the stars - realising the ambitions of the space age
A Battle in Print by Henry J McCracken, astronome adjoint, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris and Observatoire de Paris - Reassessing liberty: is John Stuart Mill still relevant today?
On liberty in America: A Battle in Print by Alan Miller, co-director of the NY Salon - Reclaiming the Olympic spirit in an era of non-competitive sport
A Battle in Print by Andrew Calcutt, lecturer in Cultural and Innovation Studies at the University of East London and editor of Rising East magazine - Reclaiming the Olympic spirit in an era of non-competitive sport
Why does Sport have to have a Purpose?: A Battle in Print by Dan Travis, director, OverTheNet - Save the planet, don't see the world?
The menace of cheap travel: a Battle in Print by Mark Khazar, travel writer - Save the planet; don't see the world?
A Battle in Print by David Soskin, chief executive, Cheapflights.co.uk - Sending parents back to the classroom
The role of parents in education: a Battle in Print by Kevin Rooney, teacher - Should footballers be role models?
A Battle in Print by Paul Bickerton, coach development officer - Surveillance society - protection from ourselves?
A Battle in Print by Karl Sharro, architect, the Future Cities Project - The Battle for Affluence
A Battle in Print by Stuart Simpson - The Battle for History: national narratives versus personal memories
A Battle in Print by Chris Bickerton, PhD student, St John's College, University of Oxford - The Battle for the Arts
A Battle in Print by Colin Lawson, director, Royal College of Music - The Battle for the Future
Postmodern Europe: the silent revolution by Marc Glendening, freelance writer - The Happiness Trap: promoting well-being or lowering horizons?
A Battle in Print by Lotte Meteyard, PhD student, University College London - The rise and rise of human rights – an unalloyed good?
A Battle in Print by James Gledhill, PhD student in political theory, London School of Economics - The rise of ‘citizen journalism’
A Battle in Print by George Brock, Saturday editor, The Times - Tomorrow's innovators - will today's science education create the Brunels and Einsteins of tomorrow?
A Battle in Print by David Perks, head of physics, Graveney School - Tyranny of skills or life-long learning?
The Tyranny of Skills: A Battle in Print by Alec Turner - What do we want from science?
A Battle in Print by Thomas Deichmann, editor, Novo magazine - What does sustainability mean for the developing world?
A Battle in Print by Peter Martin, lecturer, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford - What is innovation for?
A Battle in Print by Dr Norman Lewis, director of technology research, Orange Home, UK - What's up with student politics?
A Battle in Print by Rob Walsh - Who are we in the 21st century?
A Battle in Print by Suzy Dean, government studies student, LSE - Workplace stress – medical epidemic or all in the mind?
A Battle in Print by Ken McLaughlin, senior lecturer in social work, Manchester Metropolitan University