How can we end the cost-of-living crisis?

online, via Zoom

Join us for this Academy of Ideas panel discussion on why prices are rising so sharply and what, if anything, can be done about it.

Did teachers fail the kids?

Accent Study Centre 12 Bedford Square, London

Join us for this in-person AoI Education Forum event as Liz Cole and Molly Kingsley discuss their new book, The Children's Inquiry.

£5 – £7

Battle of Ideas festival 2022

Church House Deans Yard, London SW1P 3NZ, London, United Kingdom

Two days of high-level, thought-provoking public debate at the UK's premier festival of ideas.

£10 – £100

Buxton Battle of Ideas festival 2022

Devonshire Dome 1 Devonshire Road, Buxton, United Kingdom

A day of debate on politics, economics, philosophy and more at The Devonshire Dome as the Battle of Ideas festival returns to Buxton!

£5 – £25

What does 2023 hold for the arts?

31 Oval Road 31 Oval Road, London, United Kingdom

Tickets are £7/£5 (concessions) are available via Eventbrite. Arts institutions shape themselves and their policies around promoting social good, and have accepted a political agenda around climate change and identity politics. They want to be seen to be on the ‘right side’ of progress, but have they become overly instrumentalist and constraining in their approach? […]

£5 – £7

Have Brits fallen out of love with work?

online, via Zoom

Linda Murdoch introduces this Economy Forum discussion on why we have so many vacancies and the impact that has on the economy.

Free

Should teachers strike during an education crisis?

Accent Study Centre 12 Bedford Square, London

Join the Academy of Ideas Education Forum for this in-person roundtable debate on the pros and cons of industrial action.

£5 – £7

Dido Powell’s Art Tours 2023 – Tour 2 – The Elements: water, air and fire

Tate Britain Millbank, London, United Kingdom

The second of Dido Powell's 2023 art museum tours will look at how the elements, especially air and water, offer artists a route away from material subjects and three-dimensional reality towards capturing changing light and weather effects in a tangible form.

Satirical Art and the Culture War

31 Oval Road 31 Oval Road, London, United Kingdom

Manick Govinda (curator) interviews satirical artist Miriam Elia.

£3 – £5

Singing the News: a recital of news poems

31 Oval Road 31 Oval Road, London, United Kingdom

A poetry recital by Andrew Calcutt, with visual accompaniment from Simon Miles, followed by a Q&A and discussion.

£3.50 – £5