University of Cambridge festival of ideas
The Cambridge Festival of Ideas takes place every autumn, open to and aimed at the general public. The Guardian is the festival's national media partner. A series of talks takes place every evening, which are recorded and made available for download on the Culture section of the Guardian website
Do we need a new morality for the 21st century?
In the last podcast from the 2009 Cambridge Festival of Ideas, we ask if a new morality is needed in the new world order of the 21st century
Can there be peace in the Middle East?
Two Middle East experts debate the future for the region in the latest of our podcasts from the 2009 Cambridge Festival of Ideas
Social mobility: what's holding Britian back?
In this latest talk from the 2009 Cambridge Festival of Ideas, we ask what is holding back social mobility in the UK
David Starkey on Henry VIII: Famous for 500 years
David Starkey on Henry VIII and his legacy, at the 2009 Cambridge Festival of Ideas
Becoming Barbie: The pros and cons of female stereotypes
What will be the legacy of recession?
An age of austerity for the arts?
In the second of our podcasts from the Cambridge festival of ideas, we ask if the recession is likely to decimate the arts, and what can be done to boost private funding
Where do ideas come from?
Cambridge Festival of Ideas: Professor Adrian Poole chairs a debate on the origin of ideas, with writers Lisa Appignanesi and Andrew Robinson, and academics Dame Gillian Beer and Professor Rosamond McKitterick
