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Dave Snowden
After the quacking of the last session this was a delight.  Alexandra Paulin-Booth a PhD candidate at Oxford talking about the neglect of time in academic history.  Just a lovely idea and really well illustrated.   OK her presentation was driven by an obvious liking for anarchists but it was a refreshing presentation.   I […]
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Dave Snowden
This session was a presentation by Rowland Smith and as the notes indicate he is interesting in dealing with questions of what we cannot know.  He admits to a work in progress and to a starting point in Freud which to be honest I think provides a lot more problems than it solves as its […]
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Dave Snowden
My first panel session and we have some interesting people.  Simon Glendenning is a thoughtful Philosopher and I have booked other sessions with him.  Philip Blond I enjoyed last year in part because I find myself agreeing with a lot of what he says even though I don’t want to.  The third player is Linda […]
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Dave Snowden
Anatole Kaletsky,  Phillip Bond, Alex Callinicos were the speakers on this panel so we have a conservative think tank, a Marxist (of the Trotskyite tendency) and an economist all debating if big corporations are good for society.  Phillip is into his doom and despondency mode which I remember well from earlier in the day and […]
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Dave Snowden
Shirley Williams was to my mind the only real loss to the Labour Party when the Gang of Four broke away before finally combining with the Liberals.  She is now at that age of of a generation (like Mary Midgely) where wisdom shines forth.  This was a very articulate presentation on the question of ownership.  Refreshingly […]
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Dave Snowden
This session was always going to be fun.  George Galloway is a ferocious debater with an eye for a twist in an argument that is a delight, even though I have little respect for Respect (his party).  Shirley Williams joins form the last session to provide a balance and her one to one dialogues with […]
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