CULTURE

What we can learn from terrorists. Tariq Ali

Part 1 | Part 2Whatever else we might think about those labelled as terrorists, it is clear that their tactics have changed the world in...

CULTURE

Is Right the New Left?

Waleed Aly

Part 1 | Part 2 The ideas of Left and Right have long dominated politics. This Festival of Dangerous Ideas panel discusses whether these...

CULTURE

Anne Manne: Are children worth it?

Anne Manne

Part 1 | Part 2 While politicians drown us in platitudes about ‘working families’ and ’family values’ our appetite for anti-child messages...

SOCIETY

Why the religious will inherit the earth. Eric Kaufmann (p2)

Part 1 | Part 2 Western modernity is threatened by population expansion of the religious, decline of liberal secularism and the rise of...

WORLD

Wired for War. P.W. Singer

Part 1 | Part 2 The science fiction battlefield is right here, right now, thanks to the recent revolution in robotics. This is War 2.0;...

CULTURE

No-one is above the law. Geoffrey Robertson

Part 1 | Part 2 Although international law continues to evolve, dangerous and despotic leaders still escape the consequences of their...

CULTURE

Delusions of Gender: The real science behind sex differences. Cordelia Fine

Cordelia Fine

Part 1 | Part 2Looking at the brain to try and find out why men and women behave differently is something that has been going on for...

MEDIA

Good Ideas = Bad Politics. Festival of Dangerous Ideas

Waleed Aly

Annabel Crabb

Part 1 | Part 2 In a country where Question Time is a blood sport and a strong current of anti-intellectualism runs through public life, it...

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Genetically enhance humanity or face extinction. Julian Savulescu

Julian Savulescu

Part 1 | Part 2 In his talk at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, philosopher and bioethicist Julian Savulescu examines the nature of human...