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“We lose our confidence in confronting people who seemingly hate the West. In other words, the enemies of Western civilisation come from inside...” Great essay from Amy Gallagher. Useful ahead of our event Civilisation Under Siege? THIS WEEKEND! europeanconservative.com/articles/essay…

So great to see Academics For Academic Freedom represented here at Ideas Matter Academy! I’m on the AFAF Banned List thanks to Dennis Hayes 😊 afaf.org.uk/the-banned-lis…

⁦Ian Pace⁩ discussing ‘The Turn Against High Art’ at The Academy 2024. ⁦Ideas Matter⁩ ⁦Academics For Academic Freedom⁩ ⁦CityUniAFAF⁩

Great pleasure to be present for Andrew Doyle lecture on one of the greatest human accomplishments of Western Civilisation - Shakepeare's literary works. As always, Ideas Matter is giving my mind so much intellectual nourishment

A very moving talk on Primo Levi’s incredible account of his time in Auschwitz ‘If This is a Man’ by Sabine Beppler-Spahl. The Academy 2024.

As the weeks go by since riots seemed to take over in towns and cities across the UK, the fallout becomes clearer in terms of attacks on free speech - arrests have been made not just for violence or destruction, but for online messages, too. In response, we at the Academy of

"We are fighting for our own history. And our museums are the most vicious battlefront." Frank Furedi on his new book The War Against the Past dailymail.co.uk/debate/article… We're delighted Prof Furedi is speaking at this year's #BattleFest See below for more details.

✳️What is the War on the Past? ✳️How has decolonisation reshaped our view of history? ✳️Why is it happening & can we counter this regressive trend? Great article from Frank Furedi on his forthcoming book which he'll be discussing at #BattleFest this year. dailymail.co.uk/debate/article…

At the Battle of Ideas festival this year, we’re going to talk about the difficult and important issues - even if our prime minister won’t. Keir Starmer may have been surrounded by roses, but he certainly didn’t emerge smelling of them - read Claire Fox's assessment of

Council urges rejection of plans for a new reservoir. If not here, then where? This is why we need a National Land Use Strategy. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Sadly there isn't a Full-Full-Fact website to correct the highly googleable mistakes made by the "fact-checkers"

Forget institutions, this is the Long March through our lifestyles. I am tempted to advise Labour policy-wonks to get a life. But perhaps this joyless puritanism suggests they wouldn't know where to start. Perhaps they get pleasure from ruining everyone else's lives instead.

My unusual day trip to Blackpool to be on BBC Radio 4 Any Questions last night, repeated today at 1.10pm. Do listen. Questions were a bit left field, but some exchanges revealing about political priorities. Audience in room, as with everything these days, very polarised #bbcaq

The manoeuvres by Keir Starmer to ‘reset’ relations with the EU are rather curious. The EU is in economic decline, deeply divided over the role of Brussels in national affairs and the implementation of Net Zero policies that are harming everyone from German industrial giants to

As it happens we'll be discussing Citizens' Assemblies at the Battle of Ideas festival this October - check out the full weekend programme for more info⤵️ battleofideas.org.uk

Should smartphones be banned in the classroom? #BattleFest will host a special Debating Matters championship where school pupils will debate for & against the issue. See link for more👇 battleofideas.org.uk/session/debati…

TODAY is the LAST DAY of our generous EARLY BIRD TICKETS for Academy of Ideas #BATTLEFEST: Oct 19-20. In today's toxic times of #NoDebate & #CancelCulture, it is essential to discuss more; to be free to think out-loud; to hear unsettling views; for open-minded people - even with

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🎉Debating Matters at the Battle of Ideas festival 🎉 🗓️19 & 20 Oct 🏙️Westminster Come & see us debate #Smartphones should be banned in the classroom & enjoy the whole festival with this special Free Schools Champion offer😍 Pls RT battleofideas.org.uk/battle-of-idea…