Special Announcement  Unfortunately we had to postpone our July 2010 salon on Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nauture of Reality as its author, Manjit Kumar, was unable to make it due to an ongoing illness.
However, Manjit would still love to speak in Leeds and we will look to re-arrange the event for later in the year or early 2011. In the meantime, if you've not read Quantum, copies are available at Blackwell Bookshop opposite Leeds University.
Leeds Salon has joined with the online journal Freedom in a Puritan Age to provide a site for writing and to continue debate. Established early 2009 by Danny Broderick, and Salon colleagues 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 on FIPA  The Bareback Porn Renegades.
Chris Ashford, Principal Lecturer in Law at Sunderland University, objects to the gay porn industry lecturing gay men about safety.  Should Universities Employ Bigots?
Philip Bounds finds Nicholas Kollerstrom's dismissal from University College London for 'Holocaust denial' to be part of an ongoing war on pluralism in universities.  An Abhorrent Assault on Sexual Freedom
Jane Fae argues that the conclusions of the New Labour Sexual Offences Review are incoherent, puritanical and oppressive. Older articles: Why the Age of Consent Should be Lowered to 14. Peter Tatchell argues that, in the interests of children's sexual rights and welfare, the age of consent should be 14. Habits Are Not Illnesses. Joe Peacott argues that the concept of 'addiction' is merely part of a long tradition of medicalising socially unacceptable behaviour. A Gag Order on Parents? A law professor considers USA court rulings that restrict parents' speech, asking whether they can be reconciled with the Constitution. Submissions and correspondence are invited, and can be sent to
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Leeds Salon has invited filmmaker and anti-racist campaigner, Adrian Hart, to talk about his book 