* Asterisk denotes the winning balloonists.
DECEMBER 2019
*DR STEPHANIE HARE: “Privacy is worth fighting for.”
MICHAL MATLON: “It’s time to put beauty back into architecture.”
HUGO TAGHOLM: “We CAN change the plastic system.”
SEPTEMBER 2019
ANNE BAXENDALE: “For equality, fix work – not women.”
*ALI MIRAJ: “Public life needs more contrarians.”
FREDDIE SAYERS: “Why conservatives could be the new hippies.”
JUNE 2019
KYRO BROOKS: “Online communities can be a force for social good.”
*SHAHROO IZADI: “Kindness is the key to changing our behaviour.”
HERB KIM: “Ted Talks, Trump and the Power of Narrative.”
FEBRUARY 2019
*PAUL EMBERY: “Our politicians are scared of working-class identity.”
DANA QAROUT: “Education has not liberated women in Jordan – yet.”
BEE ROWLATT: “Mary still matters: Rediscovering Wollstonecraft.”
NOVEMBER 2018
SARA-LOUISE BURKE: “The personal is always political.”
DAVE RICH: “Labour’s Jewish problem is all of our problem.”
*BARONESS CAROLINE COX: “International aid is both pain and privilege.”
JUNE 2018
*DOLLY THEIS: “Public health is everything.”
DR GRAHAM GUDGIN: “To restore our trust, experts need to stop getting things wrong.”
NORA MULREADY: “The Left is moving in a dangerous direction.”
MARCH 2018
*STEVE MOORE: “The UK should follow Canada by legalising and regulating cannabis.”
ALICIA WESTON: “We need to teach people to cook.”
JAVIER PES: “It’s time to reclaim public art.”
OCTOBER 2017
KIT COLLINGWOOD-RICHARDSON: “The joy of nothing.”
*PHIL MULLAN: “Automation is our friend, not our enemy.”
RACHAEL BOX: “Gangs are good.”
JUNE 2017
*OLIVER BULLOUGH: “Transparency will save democracy and capitalism.”
KASSANDRA GORDON: “Public speaking is a cornerstone of change.”
ANGUS KENNEDY: “What’s wrong with borders?”
MARCH 2017
AZEEM AZHAR: “Tech can make our futures better and brighter.”
*JULIA HOBSBAWM: “In the age of overload, we need to look after our social health.”
MARK CHAVEZ: “It’s time to flip who owns the data and disrupt the cloud.”
DECEMBER 2016
*DR DAVID MAGUIRE: “We need to talk about masculinity.”
LARA PENDERGAST: “Technology has taken over the mind.”
JOSH SPERO: “How can a Jew love Wagner?”
SEPTEMBER 2016 Read about it
*SEAN O’CALLAGHAN: “To tackle extremism, we must recognise what unites totalitarians.”
SIGNE JOHANSEN: “What Britain needs now is Hygge.”
RICHARD MOLLET: “Demagogues are a necessary menace.”
JUNE 2016
JON HOLBROOK: “Democracy needs the nation state.”
ELLA WHELAN: “The referendum is asking us to dismantle the political order. We should answer – yes.”
*IAN DUNT: “Europe without the EU would be at the mercy of the past.”
MARCH 2016 Read about it
Dr JOHN BEW: “The Labour Party of Attlee is dead.”
KATE GODFREY: “Party cultures change, but member values survive.”
*ROGER HARDING: “We need to talk about solidarity.”
DECEMBER 2015 Read about it
TONY FISH: “There are no jobs in the future. We need to stop educating as if there will be.”
*JOANNA WILLIAMS: “Schools cannot compensate for society.”
CATRIONA MACLAY: “Every community needs its pirate ship for learning.”
OCTOBER 2015 Read about it
DOMINIC CUMMINGS: “Britain out of the EU would be fairer, safer and more prosperous.”
*DARREN HALL: “Democracy is dead (long live democracy)”.
CLARE HORNSBY: “Beauty will save the world.”
JULY 2015 Read about it
WILL DAVIES: “The science of happiness is ultimately a tool for social control.”
SHERINE EL TARABOULSI: “Radicalisation is a manifestation of our moral failure.”
*AUSTEN WILLIAMS: “Sustainability is the most dangerous philosophy of our times.”
MAY 2015 Read about it
CLAIRE FOX on Free Speech
ED MAGGS on Books
*ROBERT PHILLIPS on Trust
