We have seen a gradual erosion of belief in objective truth, but in a world with...

Speakers: Hilary Lawson, Jamie Whyte, Joanna Kavenna, Parashkev Nachev

Without possessions, what can be said to remain of 'us'? Christopher Hamilton re...

Speakers: Christopher Hamilton

Festival culture has transformed the British summer. And everyone from the BBC t...

Speakers: Hilary Lawson, Melvin Benn, Michael Eavis

Scientists claim that humans will soon be able to attain Biblical lifespans. Is ...

Speakers: Mary Midgley

Liberty, equality and fraternity today

Speakers: Anatole Kaletsky, Maurice Glasman, Minette Marrin, Neal Ascherson

Philosophers have pursued truth, and many have placed truth at the centre of the...

Speakers: Hilary Lawson

Much ado about nothing

Speakers: Peter Atkins

Should ecocide sit alongside genocide as a crime against humanity? Radical ecolo...

Speakers: Polly Higgins

We email, text, tweet and blog our way through life. What effect is this need fo...

Speakers: Tom Chatfield

Do we need grand political visions?

Speakers: David Aaronovitch, David Blunkett, Jill Kirby, Nigel Lawson

Truth and the boundaries of knowledge

Speakers: James Le Fanu, Rupert Sheldrake, Stephen Law

Has the internet changed us?

Speakers: Ben Hammersley, Edie Lush, Warren Ellis

Consciousness and the soul

Speakers: David Malone, Galen Strawson, Nicholas Humphrey

Many people know that Hitler was a painter, but few know about his passion for c...

Speakers: Godfrey Barker