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Politics debates at the heart of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas

18 Sep 2015

Immigration, Europe and extremism feature prominently at this year’s Cambridge Festival of Ideas.

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Politics debates at the heart of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas

18 Sep 2015

Political issues ranging from the future of Europe, the US elections, immigration and how to deal with Islamic extremists will be at the heart of...

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Censorship versus freedom of expression

16 Sep 2015

Is terror legislation being used to stifle free expression? Where should the line be drawn on pornography? Can national broadcasters be truly...

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Steel Dust: Young and Old

We ask the experts: does society really care about the old and the vulnerable?

28 Oct 2013

On November 1 Melvyn Bragg will talk about his book Grace and Mary at the Festival of Ideas. The novel is based on Bragg’s own bitter-sweet...

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Why do we read (and write) novels?

14 Oct 2013

On the eve of the Man Booker prize, our insatiable appetite for fiction (and fascination with those who create it) comes sharply into focus...

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Reading at the Hay Festival.

Catch some Hay fever online

04 Jun 2013

Eight of the talks from the Cambridge Series from this year’s Hay Festival are now available for users to stream or download online.

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Graphic from mypersonality app

Digital records could expose intimate details and personality traits of millions

11 Mar 2013

Research shows that intimate personal attributes can be predicted with high levels of accuracy from ‘traces’ left by seemingly innocuous digital...

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Thinkin' about the code

Are we being sold online?

27 Oct 2012

A panel discussion for the Festival of Ideas examines whether social media giants are profiting from our willingness to share the most intimate...

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tahrir

Old suspicions remain after the Arab Spring

15 Oct 2012

A debate at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas asks What next for the Arab Spring?

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The Politics of Speechmaking at the Festival of Ideas

The politics of speechmaking

24 Oct 2011

Modern politicians are too stuck in a 24/7 media bubble to make the kind of grand speeches associated with past leaders, a debate on political...

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Greenland

Will the English language ever die?

21 Oct 2011

Imagine a world in which there is no difference between blue and black or green and blue. A world where there are hundreds of different types of snow...

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Celebrating in Tahrir Square

The myth of the Arab Spring

18 Oct 2011

New research shows true picture of what and who is behind the political uprisings.

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