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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 20 May 2021, 19:15 — 20:15

Crowdcast | Pay What You Can

How Are We to Repair the Historic Damage Done by Transatlantic Slavery? Cleo Lake and Alex Renton
Festival of Ideas

Wed 26 May 2021, 18:00 — 19:00

Crowdcast | Pay What You Can

What’s the Link Between Climate Justice and Social Justice? Panel Discussion
Festival of Ideas

Mon 14 Jun 2021, 18:00 — 19:00

Crowdcast | Pay What You Can

What Does It Mean To Be an Emerging Creative Today? Panel Discussion

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Film 2021

Wed 5 May 2021

Who Was William Friese-Greene and What Did He Do? Peter Domankiewicz
Festival of Ideas

Fri 16 Apr 2021

Why is Democracy in Decline and What Do We Do About It? Amy Slipowitz

#FOIDemocracy
Festival of the Future City

Wed 31 Mar 2021

How Do We Build Places of Hope? Marwa al-Sabouni

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Listen

Festival of Ideas

Wed 26 Jun 2019

Does Capitalism Have a Future? Paul Collier
Festival of Ideas

Fri 3 Jun 2016

Shrill Lindy West
Festival of Ideas

Mon 22 Jun 2015

Romeo and Juliet in Palestine Tom Sperlinger

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Read

Homes for Heroes 100

Tue 11 May 2021

Council Estate Memories: Hartcliffe
A Poetic City

Fri 30 Apr 2021

Chatterton Rises A Spring Community Poem
Bristol City Poet

Fri 20 Oct 2017

Our City 3: A Poem

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