Academy of Ideas

Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe LETTERS ON LIBERTY: THE FREEDOM TO BLASPHEME https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/letters-on-liberty-the-freedom-to-blaspheme/ Since 2020, the Academy of Ideas has published Letters on Liberty – a radical pamphlet series aimed at reimagining arguments f...

Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe FROM HARVARD TO SUSSEX: SOULD THE STATE PUNISH UNIVERSITIES? https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/from-harvard-to-sussex-should-the-state-punish-universities/ Long the epicentre of ‘woke ideology’, the university sector has not been a stranger to censor...

Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe LETTERS ON LIBERTY: AI - SEPARATING MAN FROM MACHINE https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/letters-on-liberty-ai-separating-man-from-machine/ Since 2020, the Academy of Ideas has published Letters on Liberty – a radical pamphlet series aimed at reimagini...

Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe THE RISE OF SNITCH CULTURE https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/the-rise-of-snitch-culture/ Snitch, rat, squealer, tout, telltale, betrayer – breaching someone’s privacy used to be an immoral act. But in an era of WhatsApp groups, screenshots and the po...

Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe LETTERS ON LIBERTY: THE TYRANNY OF CAMPUS WELLBEING https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/letters-on-liberty-the-tyranny-of-wellbeing/ Since 2020, the Academy of Ideas has published Letters on Liberty – a radical pamphlet series aimed at reimagining argu...

Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe BATTLE BOOK CLUB: NO MORE NORMAL - MENTAL HEALTH IN AN AGE OF OVER-DIAGNOSIS https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/no-more-normal-mental-health-in-an-age-of-over-diagnosis/ At what point does a low mood tip over into depression? When does a distressing e...

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Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE FAR RIGHT? https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/whats-next-for-the-young-right/ The vibe shift is here. Once caricatured as reliably ‘woke’, today’s younger generations are proving harder to pin down. From the surge of the National R...

Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe CHAGOS: IS THERE A DEMOCRATIC SOLUTION? https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/chagos-is-there-a-democratic-solution/ In October 2024, the British government agreed to something that had many observers shaking their heads in disbelief: handing over sovere...

Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe CAN THE STATE SOLVE THE HOUSING CRISIS? https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/can-the-state-solve-the-housing-crisis/ Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner made housing a central pillar of their domestic agenda when they were elected. Yet from two disgraced hou...

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Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe BREAST, BOTTLES AND BABY-LED WEANING: SHOULD FEEDING BABIES BE THIS HARD? https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/breast-bottles-and-baby-led-weaning-should-feeding-babies-be-this-hard/ Feeding children can be a gruelling task. On top of the mess, the refu...

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Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe THE GREAT GATSBY, 100 YEARS ON: UNDERSTANDING MODERN AMERICA https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/the-great-gatsby-100-years-on-understanding-modern-america/ This year marks the centenary of one of the most famous novels of the twentieth century: F Scot...

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Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe THIS ISN'T WORKING - BATTLING THE WOKE WORKPLACE https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/this-isnt-working/ This Isn’t Working investigates what is wrong with today’s workplace culture, through interviews with HR directors and special guests such as Helen...

Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe SPECTATOR'S AMERICANO, THE LATEST FROM TRUMP'S AMERICA https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/podcast-live-americano-2/ American politics is ever more divisive and the Spectator’s Americano podcast delivers in-depth discussions with the best American pund...

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Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe PLANET NORMAL - VIEWS FROM BEYOND THE BUBBLE https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/podcasts-live-planet-normal-2025/ The podcast that speaks your language. News and views from beyond the bubble with Telegraph columnists Allison Pearson and Liam Halligan....

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Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe UNHERD TV WITH FREDDIE SAYERS - END OF THE GAY RIGHTS REVOLUTION? https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/podcast-live-unherd-tv-with-freddie-sayers/ UnHerdTV delivers in-depth interviews with leading voices – from White House politicians and world philoso...

Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe MISINFORMATION, THE MEDIA AND THE FIGHT FOR TRUTH https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/the-rise-and-fall-of-private-life/ Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt famously said: ‘If you have something to hide, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it.’ Today, demands for...