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PerksMartyn Perks
Writer & Consultant
Martyn has written about design, technology and innovation for a number of publications including spiked, Blueprint, New Media Age, the Guardian‘s arts&entertainment blog and The Big Issue magazine. He has also organised and spoken at numerous events including at the Design Council and the Design Museum. He was a contributor to ‘The Future of Community: reports of a death greatly exaggerated’, published in 2008, as well as a co-author of ‘Big Potatoes: The London Manifesto for Innovation’
PEOPLE
DEBATING MATTERS HISTORY
Qualifying Round: Leicestershire 2016/17
DEBATE: Contact sports
Qualifying Round: Leicestershire 2016/17
DEBATE: Autonomous vehicles
Qualifying Round: Northamptonshire 2014/15
DEBATE: Three Parent Babies
Qualifying Round: Northamptonshire 2014/15
DEBATE: Libraries
Regional Final: South 2013/14
DEBATE: Coal and Climate Change
Qualifying Round: Northamptonshire 2009/10
DEBATE: BNP
Qualifying Round: Northamptonshire 2009/10
DEBATE: Boxing
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.