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WHAT ARE WESTERN VALUES - AND SHOULD WE DEFEND THEM?
A new #BattleFest recording from the Battle of Ideas festival 2021:
https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/what-are-western-values-and-should-we-defend-them/
The recent abandonment of Afghanistan by the UK and the US is widely seen as a humiliating defeat for the West. Coinciding with the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the hurried exit and its consequences have led to a soul-searching discussion about what the West really means today. Are we prepared to fight for Western values, and do we even agree on what Western values are?
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#SportscastOfIdeas: Speed, surprise and suspense - could it really be coming home?
#SportscastOfIdeas: Penalties, Pogba and Patriotism - Euros 202
#EconomyForum: Work after the pandemic - what can office workers expect?
#SportscastOfIdeas: Ronaldo and Coke, quarantine-dodging dignitaries and rainbow stadiums
#SportscastOfIdeas: Booing, kilts and small nations
#SportscastOfIdeas: Kneeling, bagpipe bans and Euro 2020
#LockdownDebates: Who needs human rights?
#EconomyForum: Special relationships: the UK, the US and the EU
#BookClub: The human heart in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara And The Sun
#SportscastOfIdeas: the rise and fall of the European Super League
#EconomyForum: What is Bidenomics?
#LockdownDebates: From cycle lanes to low-traffic neighbourhoods - who owns our streets?
#ScotlandSalon: What next for Scottish independence?
Book Launch: Free Speech and Why It Matters, with Andrew Doyle
#Arts&Society: Le Corbusier: universal artist or technocrat?
#EducationForum: Is lockdown damaging children’s mental health?
#LockdownDebates: Love under lockdown - are we finished with intimacy?
#Arts&Society: What is the future of classical music in the UK?
Book Launch: The Corona Generation, with Jennie Bristow
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