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Bristol Ideas is a leading organisation for public debate and learning, bringing together arts and sciences to explore the key issues of our time.

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Festival of Ideas

Thu 27 Jan 2022

Night of Ideas 2022 How Do We Rebuild Together?
Film2021

Thu 27 Jan 2022, 13:00 — 14:15

Watershed | £8.50 / £5

First Women in Comedy With Sian Norris and Lucy Porter
Festival of Ideas

Tue 15 Feb 2022, 18:00 — 18:45

Crowdcast | Pay What You Can

What Does It Really Mean to Be a Good Ally? Nova Reid

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Watch

Festival of Ideas

Mon 6 Dec 2021

Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars Finn Mackay
Film2021

Wed 28 Jul 2021

What Can Billy Wilder Teach Us About Vienna and Berlin? Noah Isenberg and Shelley Frisch
Festival of Economics

Wed 21 Jul 2021

How Can We Change Capitalism? Mariana Mazzucato

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Read

Referendum 2022

Mon 17 Jan 2022

Mayor vs Committee: Which System Delivers? Paul Smith
Film2021

Thu 6 Jan 2022

And… Action! Friese-Greene’s First Movie Camera Peter Domankiewicz
Working-Class Writers Festival

Wed 15 Dec 2021

Writer in Residence Man Alive! Paul Hawkins

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Listen

Festival of Ideas

Tue 14 Dec 2021

How Can We Create a Shared History? David Olusoga
Film2021

Wed 29 Sep 2021

Watching Never Look Away Margaret Heffernan
Film2021

Tue 7 Sep 2021

‘This Must Be the Place’ Malaika Kegode

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