Festival of Ideas

• News / Politics

  Bristol Transformed to focus on empowering communities and workers

  Housing, transport, climate, police and drugs will be up for debate this weekend

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• Features / Festival of Ideas

  Olivette Otele: ‘What makes Bristol exceptional is its activist heart’

  The professor and author discusses race, identity, hope and more

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• News / City Poet

  Bristol’s new city poet revealed

  The new city poet takes takes over from Vanessa Kisuule

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• News / Marvin Rees

  Date confirmed for mayor’s State of the City Address

  Marvin Rees will give the annual address as part of Bristol Festival of Ideas

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• News / Arup

  How different would cities be if women built them?

  The event brought together a range of women with excellent ideas about making cities more inclusive

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• News / bernie sanders

  Feeling the Bern in Bristol

  Senator Bernie Sanders speaks at St George's

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• Features / bristol festival of ideas

  Review: Caroline Lucas, Festival of Ideas

  Britain's only Green MP blends idealism and pragmatism

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• Books / Events

  Tickets on sale for Salman Rushdie event

  Salman Rushdie talks about new book at Festival of Ideas

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