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Brilliant lecture by Andrew Doyle from The Academy 2024. Fancy sampling this summer school weekend of talks and debate for yourself? Final few tickets available for this w/e (5/6 June) Theme: Upheaval: why politics needs a new language. See link in reply ⤵️

First day of the Ideas Matter conference! I’ll be talking on The Memorisers and why we need a new political language Academy of Ideas Alan Hayes : Arlen House Publishing Women PAGE & STAGE NI Arts Council of Northern Ireland

“Populism today represents the alienation of people who are searching for home” Academy 2025 kicks off with a lecture from Frank Furedi Do contemporary conditions lead to a widespread sense of homelessness?

To The Academy 2025 ‘Upheaval: why politics needs a new language’ hosted by educational and citizenship charity Ideas Matter (Ideas Matter) in Wyboston Lakes, UK Speakers include Frank Furedi (Frank Furedi) John Milbank (john milbank) Kolja Zydatiss (Kolja Zydatiss) Tiffany

“It’s not just a change in politicians, but we need a change in a whole order” Jacob Reynolds and Kolja Zydatiss discuss the end of the liberal order. Is something fundamental coming to an end?

“The existential malaise of the millennial managerial class …. This book deserves a wider reading” Helen Searls discusses the novel Perfection, by Vincenzo Latronico What explains the hollowness of the city-dwelling professional classes?

In an age obsessed with dismantling the past, Britain’s history is too often treated as an embarrassment. Gawain Towler gives his thoughts. What if our historical inheritance is not a burden but a resource?

Thouroughly enjoyed giving a lecture on ‘Does Britain’s History Matter’ at the Ideas Matter weekend near St Neots. To be honest I was a tad terrified given the quality of the audience. But think I got away with it. Photo Justin Sasha

“A reactionary elite movement which is disillusioned with democracy and the masses” Tim Black of spiked tackles the new thinkers of the reactionary right. Are this new group of thinkers a useful critique or just parasitic on genuine populism? Photos by Tom Fenn

Terrific presentation from Tim Black on the rise of illiberal, anti-modern, post-liberalism. Ideas Matter

Citizenship doesn’t seem to many anything today. Who is British? What is Englishness? Dolan Cummings gives a lecture aiming to disentangle the contemporary complexities around citizenship and belonging.

The breakdown of the distinction between public and private life is one of the most fundamental problems of political life. tiffany jenkins gave our last lecture of the weekend, a fascinating insight into her important new book.

Thoroughly enjoyed this weekend’s Academy 2025. Well done Ideas Matter for a great conference covering alienation, political language, private vs public life, the new right and much more.

Compared to the old ideological terrorism, the recent trend of seemingly random stabbings or vehicle attacks forces us to think again. Chris Bayliss delivered a superb lecture yesterday. How should we understand nihilistic “lone wolf” attacks?

This was a superb lecture by Chris Bayliss - an honour to chair it for Ideas Matter

This talk was a real pleasure to do, and the Academy was a brilliant weekend, with an absolutely smashing crowd of people. Can't rate it highly enough and I'm looking forward to next year already.

“Western Civilisation is at a crossroads” The defining elements of its success—intellectual dynamism, economic freedom, individual autonomy, and the ability to absorb and refine ideas—are under sustained attack. Watch this from David Frost youtu.be/-qiD3_G-r68?si…

Fukyama’s “end of history” has been much ridiculed. Was Samuel Huntington - his rival - closer to the truth in forecasting an age defined by the clash of civilisations? Watch this lecture from Tim Black of spiked youtu.be/BlxKQHmd5Bs?si…