Leeds Salon

Re-enlightening debate

Next Event: In Defence of Poetry, with TS Eliot Prize winning poet George Szirtes, Ronan McDonald, academic and author of The Death of the Critic, poet Andrew McMillan, author of Every Salt Advance (2009) and teacher and education writer Michele Ledda, 10 March 2010, 6.15-8.30 pm, The Carriageworks, Millennium Square, Leeds.

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the Manchester Salon

The Manchester Salon discussion group meets every month to try and capture what's new or changing through discussions of contemporary political and social issues. We've even been known to try our hand at looking at old texts with fresh eyes and trying to work out the significance or importance of such texts for more contemporary discussions. To find out more visit the Manchester Salon website.

Upcoming Discussions: for details of all forthcoming events click on this Discussions in Manchester link

The Huddersfield Salon

The Huddersfield Salon is a new space in Huddersfield for people who are interested in hearing provocative ideas from engaging speakers, and participating in stimulating debate.

We hold debates on a monthly basis in Café Ollo, The Media Centre, 7 Northumberland Street, Huddersfield. Doors open 6pm for 6:30pm start, suggested donation £2.50, refreshments available at the bar.

For more information click here, or telephone 01484 483010.

Taking Soundings Leeds

Taking Soundings is a political discussion group in Leeds, UK.

Its purpose is to stimulate debates in current affairs.

Events are usually held in Old Broadcasting House, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds Metropolitan University.

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Cafe Scientifique is a place where, for the price of a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, people meet to discuss science, which is changing their lives.

Cafe Scientifique is a forum for debating science issues, not a shop window for science. We are committed to promoting public engagement with science and to making science accountable.

Cafe Scientifique Chapel Allerton meets in The Queen's Arms, 201 Harrogate Road, Leeds

Cafe Scientifique Headingley meets in The New Headingley Club, 56 St Michael's Road, Leeds

Economic Justice For All

Economic Justice for All holds a regular monthly Cafe Economique:

Following the spirit of the Cafe Scientifique, the Cafe Economique presents a topic for debate each month. Recent topics have included an examination of the links between poverty and climate change, the economics of the banking crisis, and the meaning of food security. Each month the speaker presents a topic for discussion and this is followed by questions and debate. Numbers are growing and the debate is stimulating and challenging, and all present are encouraged to take part in a respectful and open environment.

Cafes are held at The Old Stables, 7 Regent Street, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, LS7 4NE. Doors open at 7pm, and the discussion is from 7:30pm to 9:30pm.

For more information click here.

Challenging Times

Challenging Times runs a series of public debates in Huddersfield and Dewsbury on topical issues.

For more information click here.

Cadaverine Magazine

CADAVERINE publishes the best new poetry and prose by emerging authors under the age of 25.

From urban gothic to high modernism, cyberpunk to scathing satire, science fiction to fictitious cookery, Cadaverine is a comprehensive and uncompromising introduction to the new voices of British literature.

Image used with permission of the artist Peter Randall-Page.

Roundhouse

A Journal of Critical Theory and Practice

Steinberg1 The Roundhouse Journal is a student-run journal in Critical Theory and Practice established by students of the University of Leeds School of Politics and International Study. The Journal relates student learning to real academice research through the development of on-line collaboration and communication tools, and its editorial process helps students reflect on what makes high quality piece of academic work.

Roundhouse's main directives are student inherited research and horizontal learning. It aims to spread communicative practices in higher education, create a more flexible style of learning and direstly challange the image of undergraduate students as 'passive consumers'.

For more information to go http://www.essl.leeds.ac.uk/roundhouse/