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The London Legal Salon: January 2012
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The London Legal Salon. Every month, in a relaxed location in central London the London Legal Salon will meet to discuss the big questions facing the law today. Attendance is always free. This blog will publish articles by attendees and the organisers to supplement the debates at our monthly meetings. Tuesday, 10 January 2012. Tuesday 31st January: The Stephen Lawrence Verdicts. We look forward to seeing you there! How should the criminal justice system accommodate developments in science and technology?
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Feasting on Natural Resources: November 2011
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Feasting on Natural Resources. The Environmental Impacts of Agriculture. Tuesday, 29 November 2011. The role of Nitrogen. This video highlights how nitrogen is a natural resource that we don’t worry enough about. Nitrogen is essential for plant growth and therefore a vital agricultural input. However we are wasting it through inefficient use of fertilizers (Eickhout, 2006). In the early 20th century the Haber-Bosch. Process was discovered for synthesizing ammonium nitrate. Steffen et al., 2007). The emis...
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Jason Smith: December 2011
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Judges Coordinator for Institute of Ideas Debating Matters Competition and Freelance Journalist. Monday, 19 December 2011. Institute of Ideas Xmas lecture 'It's Christmas in Euroland' podcast. Phil Mullan: economist; business transformation director, Easynet Global Services; author The Imaginary Time Bomb. Simon Nixon: European editor, Wall Street Journal’s Heard on the Street column; author, The Credit Crunch: how safe is your money? Podcast: Christmas in Euroland. Phil Mullan's article on his speech:.
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Jason Smith: January 2012
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Judges Coordinator for Institute of Ideas Debating Matters Competition and Freelance Journalist. Thursday, 26 January 2012. Don't shout at the Tele: Queer Politics. I took part in a Worldbytes 'Don't Shout at the Tele, Change the Message' series. I discussed Queer politics and how ideas of equality have changed, with a group of Worldwrite volunteers. Here is the film:. Find out more about Worldbytes. See other films in the ' Don't Shout at the Tele. Posted by Jason Smith. Links to this post. Living in Mo...
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Jason Smith: March 2012
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Judges Coordinator for Institute of Ideas Debating Matters Competition and Freelance Journalist. Saturday, 17 March 2012. Life is a Dream by Birmingham Opera Co. Two members of Birmingham Salon are taking part in Birmingham Opera Company's next production, the world premiere of Life is a Dream by composer, Jonathan Dove and writer, Alasdair Middleton. They have created a brand new, full length opera and they've used a legendary play by 17th century Spanish Playwright, Calderón. While the announcement of ...
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Jason Smith: September 2012
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Judges Coordinator for Institute of Ideas Debating Matters Competition and Freelance Journalist. Friday, 14 September 2012. Drink, smoke, eat: prohibition today. I am producing and chairing this discussion on our changing attitudes towards personal pleasure as part of the Battle of Ideas Festival at the Barbican Centre, London. Drink, smoke, eat: prohibition today. Sunday 21 October, 5.00pm until 6.15pm, Garden Room Under the Spotlight. Are we entering a new prohibitionist era? In the past, those calling...
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Jason Smith: In finding itself banned, Unite Against Fascism has fallen victim to its own brand of boneheaded illiberalism
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Judges Coordinator for Institute of Ideas Debating Matters Competition and Freelance Journalist. Sunday, 2 September 2012. In finding itself banned, Unite Against Fascism has fallen victim to its own brand of boneheaded illiberalism. Brendan O'Neill's Telegraph blog:. Http:/ blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100102396. Just how dumb is Unite Against Fascism? Now, UAF has issued what must rank as one of the silliest political statements of the year so far. Are EDL members not human? Women need sav...
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Jason Smith: Drink, smoke, eat: prohibition today
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Judges Coordinator for Institute of Ideas Debating Matters Competition and Freelance Journalist. Friday, 14 September 2012. Drink, smoke, eat: prohibition today. I am producing and chairing this discussion on our changing attitudes towards personal pleasure as part of the Battle of Ideas Festival at the Barbican Centre, London. Drink, smoke, eat: prohibition today. Sunday 21 October, 5.00pm until 6.15pm, Garden Room Under the Spotlight. Are we entering a new prohibitionist era? In the past, those calling...
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Jason Smith: May 2011
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Judges Coordinator for Institute of Ideas Debating Matters Competition and Freelance Journalist. Tuesday, 31 May 2011. Dodging the burger won't save the planet by Rob Lyons. Meat is murder, sang The Smiths. But according to a new documentary, the real problem is that meat is killing the planet – and maybe us, too. Is, pretty much, a 75-minute advert for veganism made ‘independently with absolutely no funding’ in their spare time by Shelley Lee Davies. The three pillars of Planeat. Diet, too. That mea...
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