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Reproduction: Whose Right to Choose?
Should decisions about abortion, IVF treatment and sex selection be a matter for parents and ultimately the women involved or is there more to it? This glimpse of a debate at the Battle of Ideas...
Don’t shout at the telly: An army of emotion
In this month’s compelling on the sofa discussion, young volunteers consider the response to the death of British soldiers in Afghanist...
Nepal: The struggle for a democracy
For 400 years Nepal was a Hindu kingdom, ruled by successive monarchs. However in 2006 there was a massive uprising, millions of people took to the streets calling for democracy and freedom...
Ethical shopping: The pros and cons
Does ethical shopping improve life for our peers in the developing world? The UK now spends nearly £40bn a year on ethical product...
Frugal TV: The beauty range
Frugal TV is a new and truly alternative shopping channel dedicated to environmentally conscious shopping on a tight budget...
From Macpherson to the BNP: Race Today
Everyone got their rocks off about the BNP on the BBC’s Question Time, meanwhile politicians have been competing to say they will limit immigration to the UK in order to stop the B...
The Myth of Racist kids
The Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 made it law for schools to report ‘racist incidents’ to local authori...
Tales from the Missionary Hut: Just Suck
Globally concerned inventors do come up with some interesting ideas and in this month’s Tales from the Missionary Hut, we learn how to sort out shortages of clean drinking water across t...
Bitter Sweet Sixteen
Adelah Bilal, a volunteer working with the education charity WORLDwrite, challenges the government’s Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checking of 16 to 18 year ol...
Don’t Shout At The Telly: The Anti War Movement
In a compelling on the sofa discussion, young volunteers examine the anti-war movement...
Assisted Dying Yes or No: Debating Matters UK final
On the streets of London the public provide more than ‘sound-bites’ and have their say on assisted suicide and sixth form students at the 2009 Debating Matters UK final do battle over ...
The EU & the Irish referendum
Are you for or against the EU? On the streets of London the public are split down the middle, most want more information and certainly a chance to vote...
Chill out about designer babies
Scientist Joe Kaplinsky takes a critical look at IVF and overblown fears that a new generation of ‘designer babies’ may be on the c...
Climate Campers
Concerned to avert global disaster, the pressure group Climate Campers meet in the park to discuss radical solutions which include holding your breath to offset your carbon footprint...
The Battle of Ideas 2009
Now in its fifth year, the Battle of Ideas festival is upon us once again. With over seventy debates, organised by the Institute of Ideas and hosted by the Royal College of Art, everything is up...