|
Special Announcements  For those interested in lively and inspiring debate, the regional finals of the Institute of Ideas' sixth-form Debating Matters competition 2009/10 are taking place nationally betwen 24 February and 26 April. Of particular interest to those in Leeds and the North may be:
North West & North Wales Regional Final - The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Monday 1 March. North East & Yorkshire Regional Final - The School of Arts & Social Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Thursday 22 April; which includes schools from Bradford and Harrogate. All events are free and open to the public, although seats need to be reserved. For further details, and the full list of Regional FInals click here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Cafe Scientifique Headingley have invited previous Salon speaker Jeremy Taylor to discuss his recent book Not a Chimp: The hunt for the genes that make us human.
Tuesday 30 March 2010, New Headingley Club, 56 St Michael's Road, Leeds, 7:30pm - 9:30pm.
Leeds Salon has joined with the online journal Freedom in a Puritan Age to provide a site of effective debate. Established early 2009 by Danny Broderick, Wes Brown and Katherine Sansom, FIPA is a project in free enquiry: a rejoinder to the aping of freedoms, to received opinion and dogmatic liberalism. A rant against that which is cruel, humourless or boring. FIPA aims to identify countervailing currents in progressive thought within our culture and provide alternative viewpoints on issues of importance. Latest Articles: Older articles: Puzzled in Gaza, by Yvonne Green A response to 'The Delusion of Free Will', by James Wood 'Every Salt Advance' - Andrew McMillan (Red Squirrel Press, 2009), by Wes Brown Submissions and correspondence are invited, and can be sent to
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
. Also feel free to contact FIPA with a draft or pre-draft proposal for an article. |
