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WhelanElla Whelan
senior producer
Battle of Ideas Festival
Ella is a frequent commentator on TV and radio and writes for The Sun, The Spectator, The Irish Times, The Sunday Times, The Economist and others. She was the assistant editor at spiked and host of the spiked podcast between 2015-2018. Ella was a leading campaigner for spiked’s Invoke Article 50 NOW! campaign. She was also the convenor of spiked’s Free Speech University Rankings and Down With Campus Censorship campaign, fighting for free speech at universities. Her interviews feature in the spiked review.
Her first book, What Women Want: Fun, freedom and an end to feminism, is published by Connor Court.
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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.