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Festival of Ideas

Festival of Ideas begins!

19 Oct 2011

Cambridge University’s Festival of Ideas begins today (19 October).

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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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Is prison a solution or a problem? How does it feel to have your freedom taken away. Find out at the Festival of Ideas

Does prison work? / How to stay out of prison - Festival of Ideas

15 Oct 2011

Jason Hill was a persistent young offender who the courts and Youth Offending Services had given up on.

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Arab Spring

Freedom, revolution and communication at the Festival of Ideas

15 Oct 2011

Join authors, historians and filmmakers for the flagship day at the Festival of Ideas on Saturday the 22nd October, the UK’s only arts, humanities...

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Dr Fowler believes that contemporary student protests, such as the one in London last year, are a pale imitation of their 1960s counterparts

The Creative Campus

13 Oct 2011

Students ripped up their university exam papers in protest against established authority and in rejection of formal qualifications; a progressive...

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Ruined building in Hiroshima that acts as a memorial and reminder of those who died and were injured during the dropping of the atomic bomb on the city during World War Two.

Dark Sun - 1945: Singing from the same song sheet

08 Oct 2011

Do you like singing or playing an instrument and fancy performing in a huge musical ensemble?

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The Wallbook is coming to the Festival of Ideas

The history of the universe in 8 metres

07 Oct 2011

Billions of years of history will be on display when the What on Earth? Wallbook comes to the Festival of Ideas at Cambridge University on Saturday...

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Marcus Sedgwick is appearing at the 2011 Festival of Ideas

Marcus Sedgwick Q and A

05 Oct 2011

What would you sacrifice for someone you’ve loved forever?

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Computer Keyboard

PCs to blame for rise in stressed out workers

30 Sep 2011

New research shows early adoption of PCs led to a rise in work intensity in the UK

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Globe

7 billion: The crowded planet

29 Sep 2011

On the eve of the world’s population reaching 7 billion, leading minds discuss what the future holds for our increasingly crowded planet.

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A manuscript of Samuel Butler’s translation of the ancient Greek poem, the Odyssey (Butler/II/3/4).

‘Picture This #6′ – Samuel Butler's translation of the 'Odyssey', St John's College.

28 Sep 2011

Samuel Butler was a man with big ideas and a big imagination. He wrote on literature, science, art and religion, always thinking outside the box and...

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Standing ovation

What makes a great political speech?

27 Sep 2011

Cambridge Festival of Ideas debate to examine the changing nature of political speeches.

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