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DonaldAlastair Donald
secretary
boi
Alastair is secretary of the boi charity and co-founder of its residential school, Living Freedom, which allows 18- to 25-year-olds to explore the meaning and ideals of freedom in the twenty-first century. For the Academy of Ideas he coordinates planning and programming across projects including Battle of Ideas Festival and Battle of Ideas Europe. He is an experienced cultural programmer having worked in the UK and internationally to develop festivals, exhibitions and curated programmes. Alastair is a founding member of mantownhuman, which published Manifesto: towards a new humanism in architecture (2008) which featured in Penguin Classics 100 Artists’ Manifestos. He is co-editor of The Lure of the City: from slums to suburbs (2011) and The Future of Community: reports of a death greatly exaggerated (2008).
PEOPLE
DEBATING MATTERS HISTORY
Qualifying Round: Cambridge 2011/12
DEBATE: Public Health
Qualifying Round: Cambridge 2011/12
DEBATE: Burqa bans
Qualifying Round: Cambridge 2010/11
DEBATE: Sportspeople as Role Models
Qualifying Round: Cambridge 2010/11
DEBATE: Monarchy
Qualifying Round: Cambridge 2009/10
DEBATE: Boxing
Regional Final: East 2008/09
DEBATE: Copyright
Regional Final: East 2008/09
DEBATE: Cheap Flights
UPCOMING EVENTS
Thursday 27 June:
Oxfordshire Championship at Oxford Union, in partnership with Magdalen College School and Oxford Festival of Arts
Friday 5 July:
North East Championship at Durham Sixth Form Centre
CHAMPIONSHIP ARCHIVE
Find a list of all our previous championship events here.
SUPPORT DEBATING MATTERS
Bernie Whelan, our DM coordinator, is raising money for Debating Matters.
To stage one of our Championships for six to 12 teams costs £6,000. Find out more on Bernie’s
Wonderful fundraising page.