The Battle of Ideas is a two-day festival of high-level, thought-provoking debates organised by the Institute of Ideas and hosted by the Royal College of Art in London. With over 250 speakers from across the world and numerous debates this event is a must. Patrick Hayes tells us more. WORLDwrite is filming the festival so get in contact to join the crew or for tickets visit www.battleofideas.org.uk

This interview features on WORLDbytes, the online magazine news channel created by WORLDwrite. The programme’s credo is “don’t shout at the telly, change the message on it”. See: www.worldbytes.org