Bristol Ideas
Bristol Ideas is a leading organisation for public debate and learning, bringing together arts and sciences to explore the key issues of our time.
We collaborate widely in the city, nationally and internationally. We are dedicated to building new futures for people, places and the planet. We are committed to commissioning new work; forging lasting partnerships; and supporting artists and organisations to contribute to major cultural programmes. Our projects include the creation and renewal of cultural organisations; citywide and national arts and heritage projects; and festivals – Festival of Ideas, Festival of Economics and Festival of the Future City.
How Movements Succeed and Fail: Andy Beckett
In Conversation with Bristol City Poets: The City Poet Handover
Bristol Poetry Institute Annual Reading: Claudia Rankine
Festival of Ideas Exploring Bristol's Past to Understand the City Today
Festival of Ideas Caleb Femi and Vanessa Kisuule
Niall Kishtainy: What Can we Learn from Utopian London?
How Can We Use Longtermism to Build a Better, More Inclusive Future? (Bristol Ideas)
Kat Lyons: To Bristol in Autumn (Bristol City Poet 2023)
Angus Deaton: How do we Solve the Problem of Inequality in America? (Bristol Ideas)
Katja Hoyer: Good Bye, Lenin! (Bristol Ideas: Festival of the Future City)
Colm Toibin: How Can We Tell Our Own Stories? (Bristol Ideas)
Roe vs Wade Overruled: One Year On
Solmaz Sharif: Can We Ever Really Belong Anywhere? (Bristol Ideas)
Alex Niven: Is a Better Future Possible for the North of England? (Bristol Ideas)
Sian Norris: Q&A with the author of Bodies Under Siege
Sarah Tarlow: Can the Stories of Our Past Help Us Understand Death? (Bristol Ideas)
Natasha Carthew: Q&A with the author of Undercurrent
Katja Hoyer: What Was East Germany Really Like? (Bristol Ideas)
Adam Gopnik: How Do We Learn New Skills? (Bristol Ideas)
Tania Branigan: What is the Legacy of the Cultural Revolution? (Bristol Ideas)
Oskar Jenson: Is It Better to Be an Optimist or a Pessimist? (Bristol Ideas)
Sherine Tadros: How Do You Remain Neutral as a War Reporter? (Bristol Ideas)
Zsuzsanna Szelényi: How Has Viktor Orbán Been Able to Subvert Democracy in Hungary? (Bristol Ideas)
Sarah Bakewell: Q&A with the author of Humanly Possible, At the Existentialist's Cafe & How to Live
Linda Kinstler: Why Are History and Memory Under Threat? (Bristol Ideas)
Yomi Sode: How Can We Form a Modern Response to TS Eliot’s The Waste Land? (Bristol Ideas)
Salman Rushdie’s Victory City: What Does It Teach Us About Building Great Cities? (Bristol Ideas)
Ayobami Adebayo: Q&A with the author of A Spell of Good Things
How Did We All Let Grenfell Happen? Peter Apps and Paul Smith (Bristol Ideas)