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Are the culture wars a distraction?
Shutting down the Covid dissenters
Beyond the parlour games of Westminster, politics must continue
Net Zero and the great energy debate
The morality of surrogacy - reflections from the Battle of Ideas festival
Battle of Ideas festival: beyond London
Battle of Ideas festival: HUGE thanks, and what next?
Let the Battle of Ideas commence
The Hooligans raise hell at the Battle
Why is it so hard to keep kids in the classroom?
Israel at war – and the highlighting of anti-Semitism
Ada Lovelace has much to teach us about AI
How far should protest and activism go?
Under Rishi Sunak, freedom goes up in smoke
Are the culture wars a distraction?
Stories from before there was a Scotland
Does banning conversion therapy pose a threat to freedom and conscience?
Shaping the future through debate
Fighting for freedom, Together
'The most vague, nebulous piece of legislation that we've ever seen'
No, private companies should not be censoring online debate
Gillian Keegan’s foot-in-mouth moment
Extreme weather: can we adapt to a changing climate?
Grown-up debate at the Edinburgh Fringe
Why the boiler ban is a bad idea
Against the cultural stasis, an invitation to remake the world
Inside the Lords: selecting peers, defending encryption, and summer recess
Freedom, fatalism and the future
Inside the Lords: Huw Edwards, illegal migration, and more Online Safety Bill
How the left gets it wrong about Britain and racism
AI, reparations and the harm principle - new Letters on Liberty out now.
Inside The Lords - bills, banks and bans
Living Freedom: Why English Literature matters
Cancel culture comes for debate in schools
Interest rates are not the answer to inflation - or are they?
After Brexit: has the British media stopped caring about Europe?
Breast, bottles and prejudice masquerading as research
Inside The Lords: bad laws, big debates and Boris...
Inside The Lords: strikes, small boats and not staying up all night
Sex education in schools: let kids be kids!
We need a Lockdown Inquiry, too
Inside The Lords - pedestrianisation, porn and pushing back on censorship
Dumb stunts and anxious adults
Inside The Lords: harms, hecklers and hope for free speech
Still time to apply for Living Freedom Summer School
Something for the weekend: 13 May 2023
Inside The Lords: free speech, bad eyesight and undemocratic betrayals...
Final few days to apply for Living Freedom Summer School
Inside The Lords: umbrellas, crowns and attempted cancellations
Utopia, Dystopia, and Reclaiming the Future
Challenging the Online Safety Bill
Your preview of the Battle of Ideas festival, 28 & 29 October 2023
Inside The Lords - and something for the weekend
Fighting for the freedom to travel
The campaign against indoctrination in schools
The seductive power of literature
Western civilisation is worth defending
Inside The Lords: Green lane for the Windsor agreement - but the red lane for levelling up
What is radical today? Does anyone have an idea that might inspire?
Renewing freedom through education and debate
Cancel culture comes for Claire Fox...
Something for the weekend: 18 March
Burgate School emerges as Debating Matters House of Lords Champions 2023!
Gary Lineker: free speech, political debate and impartiality
Inside The Lords: small boats, civil servants and petty cash
No, Minister! The crisis in the Civil Service
Debating Matters at the House of Lords
Podcast of Ideas: the Windsor Framework
100,000 WhatsApps later, what have we learnt about the pandemic years?
Inside the Lords: the secretive Northern Ireland deal
Workers need the right to strike. BUT...
What does Sturgeon's sayonara mean for Scotland?
A million ‘missing workers’ – reality or myth? JOIN THE DEBATE
In asking for more weapons, is Zelensky asking for trouble?
Inside the Lords: EU law and Zelensky in town
The importance of debate for young people
Inside the Lords: The Tyranny of Public Order and Online Safety
Sex is real. So why have politicians given up on reality?
The Scottish Parliament: a font of bad laws
Inside the Lords: Does the House of Lords really hold power to account?
Gender wars: Is the Government right to veto Sturgeon's self-id bill?
Are there too many laws? Have we lost the art of law-making?
Thankfully, some people are still taking public life seriously