Let Battle commence...

Join us in the morning for a weekend like no other - where free speech isn't just allowed, it's our battle cry.

In just a few hours, thousands of you will be joining us in Church House in Westminster for a weekend of free speech and open debate at the Battle of Ideas festival.

Thank you to everyone who has booked their ticket - we are now sold out on Saturday. Don’t worry - there are still Sunday tickets available. You can check out our programme here, and read our festival brochure with timetable and information on special events here.

Buy your Sunday ticket to the Battle of Ideas festival here.

There is so much to talk about - from recent developments in the Middle East to Britain’s economic future, what’s going on in schools, museums, our institutions and what our new government is up to. Are you an Oasis reunion fan or do you think contemporary music isn’t up to much? What do you think about the politicisation of maternity? Is the wellbeing industry doing us any good? What’s the endgame for Ukraine? And is it time to kick VAR out of football? These are just some of the questions we’ll be asking this weekend.

Come along, say hello and get stuck in. We are proud to be the home for freedom fighters, with conversations for the public, with the public, in public. See you in the morning.

The Battle of Ideas festival has 400 speakers on 100+ debates over 48 hours, with 3,000+ attendees.

Our debates include:

ASSISTED DYING ON THE NHS? / OCTOBER 7, ONE YEAR ON: NEW WORLD (DIS)ORDER? / INTEGRATION INTO WHAT? IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURALISM / PASSES FOR GLASSES: IS CRONYISM UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY? / LITERARY WARS: THE BETRAYAL OF RUSHDIE AND ARTISTIC FREEDOM / NEURODIVERSITY TO GENDER DYSPHORIA: A PROBLEM OF OVER-DIAGNOSIS? / KAMALAMANIA, TRUMP AND THE VIBES ELECTION / WHAT’S THE ENDGAME FOR UKRAINE? / THE QUEERING OF SOCIETY / COULD AI BREAK THE PRODUCTIVITY IMPASSE? / THE GREAT BRITISH ENERGY CRISIS / IS IT TIME TO KICK VAR OUT OF FOOTBALL? / MAINSTREAM MEDIA AND THE CRISIS OF TRUST / WILL A NEW RACE EQUALITY ACT IMPROVE RACE RELATIONS? / WHAT DO WOMEN NEED TO BE FREE? / ELECTIONS, RIOTS AND DISTRUST: WHAT’S THE STATE OF DEMOCRACY? / BRITAIN ISN’T WORKING: THE RISE OF JOBLESSNESS / GEN Z: HOW TO BECOME A DISSENTER

Explore more of our range of debates on the following issues:

Arts & Culture / Free Speech - partnered with FIRE / Battle for the Economy / Battle for Education / Geopolitics in Crisis / Contemporary Controversies / Meet the Author / Women's Freedom / Scientific Dilemmas / Belonging and Community / Culture Wars / Ethics and Evidence / Battle for Democracy / Letters on Liberty / Lunchtime Bites

We also have live podcast and programme recordings at the festival:

Heretics with Andrew Gold / Last Orders / The Booking Club with Jack Aldane / Spectator’s Americano with Freddy Gray / Spectator’s Chinese Whispers with Cindy Yu / Telegraph’s Planet Normal / Kvartal’s The Friday Interview / The spiked podcast / The Winston Marshall Show / The Knight Tube / Free Speech Nation with Andrew Doyle

---- The full programme for the Battle of Ideas festival is available here. ----