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Welcome...
Welcome to the Bristol Festival of Ideas. This year’s May Festival may be over, but we have some special events coming up in June, July and into the Autumn. Visit our What’s On section for a full list of events and information on how to book.
What's next...
Think! Before It's Too Late
8 July 09, 18.00-19.00 (followed by book signing)
An hour-long workshop with the world's leading creative thinking guru, Edward de Bono, showing how we think, why we think that way and how, ... Read more »
The Case for God: What Religion Really Means
14 July 09, 18.00-19.00
Why has the modern God become incredible? Has God a future in this age of aggressive scientific rationalism? Karen Armstrong suggests ... Read more »
The Idea of Justice
29 July 09, 18.00-19.00
Amartya Sen, University Professor at Harvard, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998, and one of the world’s leading public intellectuals, ... Read more »
New ideas...
"Ideas notebook - Raymond Tallis"
By Raymond Tallis
We asked gerontologist and philosopher, Raymond Tallis, to comment on his current work and ideas that have influenced him... ... Read more »