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The Bristol Festival of Ideas aims to stimulate the minds and passions of the people of Bristol with a inspiring programme of discussion and debate throughout the year. An exciting line up of speakers and events has now been announced for
our fourth annual May festival, which will take place in venues across the city.

Allen GinsbergSimon Singh discusses alternative medicine with Edzard ErnstAstrid ProllCharles LeadbeaterBaroness Susan GreenfieldFILM: 'Pull My Daisy'Gary Marcus and Susan Blackmore on the Human MindKate MosseFILM: 'Manufactured Landscapes'Sebastian PeakeJon RonsonGerry AndersonAlan WeismanPatrick Cockburn and Jonathan Steele discuss the Iraq WarJean Moorcroft WilsonNaomi KleinThe Philosophy of Monty PythonAmbassador John Bolton

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