A Peoples’ Walk for Wildlife: Event Report and Reflection

The People’s Walk for Wildlife saw 10,000 people marching on Downing Street. Read on to find out more.

The Future of Theatre and The Arts Debate | Video

On March 30th, the penultimate day before the closure of the Bike Shed Theatre in Exeter, Ideas On Info held a debate about where ‘The Future of Theatre and The Arts’ might take us now, and how education, providing development spaces and Brexit might effect it?

The Future of Theatre and The Arts Debate | Podcast

Our Podcast special recorded live during our question time and debate event at the Exeter Bike Shed Theatre at the end of March just before it closed down.

Young People Matter to Politics

In April last year, I was lucky enough to be invited to speak at the 2017 TEDxExeter conference. If we, as young people, can go out and (to borrow a quote from my talk) set the world on fire, the politicians can actually take us seriously.

Ideas OnJames Craig5 May 2018Politics, Brexit, Youth Vote, TedxComment

The Future Head of the Commonwealth

Ideas OnLeon Davies21 April 2018UK Politics, Caribbean, Africa, Commonwealth, PoliticsComment

Should India be Given a Permanent Seat at the United Nations Security Council?

Established in the aftermath of WWII the core body of the UN has changed little in composition. Currently there are only five permanent members of the SC (Security Council), the UK, France, Russia, the USA, and China. This raises several questions, why are three of the five SC members western? Where is African and S. American representation?

Ideas OnLeon Davies7 April 2018Brazil, Diplomacy, USA, United Nations, UK, India, UNSC, UNSC Reform, INternational Politics, France, PoliticsComment

Who is Peter Heaton-Jones? An interview with Ideas On Info

Peter Heaton-Jones, the Conservative MP for North Devon talks to us about his life, his politics and how he got to where he is now.

The Problem With Too Much Nationalism

Patriotism is great. Especially when you actively feel it. Seeing your your country win at a sport, excelling in academia, or even learning about its past achievements.

Ideas OnLeon Davies10 February 2018Nationalism, Trump, World Politics, PoliticsComment

Why we should be ignoring Donald Trump

The very fact that you are reading this is proof that Trump’s name generates a huge amount of interest. Too much interest. Perhaps it is time to simply ignore Trump. Let him do his thing and let the American people work out what should be done.

Ideas OnSilas Welsh3 February 2018Ideas On, Trump, Politics, IgnoringComment

Who is Ben Bradshaw? An interview with Ideas On Info

The Exeter MP, elected during the great Blair landslide of 1997, is very much a veteran of British politics. But who is he?

Replacement (pvc) windows and doors... no thanks!

We all want to do our best when renovating our period French property and up there on the list of ‘improvements’ is replacement windows and doors, with double glazing of course.

Ideas OnKevin Davies13 January 2018Conservation, Linseed Paint, Allback, Kevin Davies, Windows, Doors, Guest Ideas On, EnvironmentComment

A future of driverless cars

Come and sit while we contemplate a future of vehicles that drive themselves and consider what this new world might do to us… especially since it might not be that far away.

Ideas OnSilas Welsh13 January 2018Driverless Cars, Humans, Maps, Silas Welsh, Future, Cars, PoliticsComment

What is the most important place in the world?

Reaching a consensus on what is the most important place in the world would be an impossible task. For the myriad indigenous tribes of the Americas, Africa and Australasia, the forest constitutes a lifeline. In Western Africa or the Indian subcontinent, it may be the monsoon clouds that carry life-giving rains to parched lands.