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Festival of Debate returns from 22 April – 30 May 2025. The largest grassroots politics festival in the UK. An @OpusIndependent project. #FofD
Sheffield, UK
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💥BIG NEWS💥 Here's your full lineup for Festival of Debate 2025! 🎉 Join us in Sheffield for the UK's biggest politics festival, with more than 50 events exploring responses to some of the most urgent issues of our time Discover the programme ➡️ https://t.co/lNWjYps05g
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🚨 We've decided to take a year out from our full Festival of Debate programme in 2026. But don’t worry – we’ll still be hosting six headline events that will welcome some of the most interesting and radical thinkers to Sheffield @nowthenmag have more ⬇️ https://t.co/cjtiuO5nbd
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We have an exciting lineup of keynotes talks in 2026, but we’re taking time to think about how the festival can play a more active role in building the new systems that we urgently need.
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🌱BOOK EVENT🌱 Join @OpusIndependent for a conversation about Radical Abundance with @KeirMilburn and Debs Grayson 🗓️Thurs, Oct 2 ⏰7 pm 📍@theworkstation
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Wordlife Presents: Radical Abundance – The Workstation, Thu 2 Oct 2025 - Join us for an exciting in conversation event between Keir Milburn and Debs Grayson about Keir’s new book Radical Abundance,...
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We live in a world where we have too much of what we don't need and too little of what we do – but it doesn't have to be this way 🌱 This Thursday, join us for an exciting conversation about Radical Abundance with @KeirMilburn. 🕖 7pm 📌 @theworkstation
https://t.co/aHsiWp0QvO
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Wordlife Presents: Radical Abundance – The Workstation, Thu 2 Oct 2025 - Join us for an exciting in conversation event between Keir Milburn and Debs Grayson about Keir’s new book Radical Abundance,...
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Here's an exclusive extract in @nowthenmag from @KeirMilburn, @KaiHeron & @alterurbanist's new book 'Radical Abundance' Keir is coming to Sheffield next Thurs to explore how we can “create a world of true abundance” 🌱 Tickets 👉 https://t.co/egMoiGkb3e
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Ahead of in-conversation in Sheffield next Thursday, we have an exclusive extract from a new book that makes the case for creating a world of “radical abundance”.
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🌱BOOK EVENT🌱 Join @OpusIndependent for a conversation about Radical Abundance with @KeirMilburn and Debs Grayson 🗓️Thurs, Oct 2 ⏰7 pm 📍@theworkstation
https://t.co/LDKyawv0xe
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Wordlife Presents: Radical Abundance – The Workstation, Thu 2 Oct 2025 - Join us for an exciting in conversation event between Keir Milburn and Debs Grayson about Keir’s new book Radical Abundance,...
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Next Thursday, @KeirMilburn will be joining us in Sheffield to discuss 'Radical Abundance' with Debs Grayson In a discussion session hosted by Now Then, we'll explore how we can “create a world of true abundance” right here in South Yorkshire @PlutoPress
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Wordlife Presents: Radical Abundance – The Workstation, Thu 2 Oct 2025 - Join us for an exciting in conversation event between Keir Milburn and Debs Grayson about Keir’s new book Radical Abundance,...
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"Under capitalism, for the sake of generating a bullshit abundance of privatised wealth for the few, our collective freedom and capacity to flourish is constrained" Here's an exclusive extract from @KeirMilburn, @KaiHeron and @alterurbanist's new book 🌱 https://t.co/L03qlHYBxY
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Ahead of in-conversation in Sheffield next Thursday, we have an exclusive extract from a new book that makes the case for creating a world of “radical abundance”.
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Capitalism has created a world of bullshit abundance, where we have too much of what we don’t need and too little of what we do. Join us in Sheffield on 2 October to hear @KeirMilburn in conversation about the alternative: Radical Abundance ✨ Tickets 👉 https://t.co/egMoiGkb3e
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The 'in conversation' will be followed by small discussion groups hosted by @nowthenmag, where you’ll get the chance to explore how we can “create a world of true abundance” right here in Sheffield.
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Join us in Sheffield on 2 October for an exciting in conversation between @KeirMilburn and Debs Grayson about Keir’s new book 'Radical Abundance', co-written with Kai Heron and Bertie Russell. 📅 2 October 📌 Workstation 💷 £5 (£10 solidarity) Tickets 👉 https://t.co/egMoiGjDdG
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At Opus, we’re in the process of moving our savings to a more ethical platform with better interest rates. @SamMGreg spoke to colleague Bash Muca about the thinking behind the switch, and what learning we can offer to other systems change organisations ⬇️ https://t.co/UyT82LAujU
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At Opus, we’re in the process of moving our savings to a more ethical platform with better interest returns. Team member Sam Gregory spoke to colleague Bashkim Muca about the thinking behind the...
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"This year’s programme is a true reflection of our city – diverse, vibrant and welcoming to all" We're super excited about the lineup for this year's @otsfestival, led by @lemnsissay, @Lucy_Worsley and @kenanmalik, plus loads more 📚 @SamMGreg ✍️ https://t.co/G4oYEU2Cds
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The 34th edition of the book-based event series also features Alison Steadman, Simon Armitage and Sheffield’s own Graham Fellows among more than 60 events.
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🚨 Traditional forms of journalism have let communities across our city down. That's why over the next few years we're looking at ways to use our platform and our skills to help build real community power - but we need your help.
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📢 "Westminster didn't fix anything for us. We demanded the right to do more for ourselves." @AndyBurnhamGM speaks on the power of devolution and the future of the North of England at Festival of Debate 2025, with @MetroMayorSteve.
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🌱 "There's a quiet nagging, an imperceptible whisper just out of earshot, calling us to witness our collective grief." It was an honour to have environmental justice researcher & educator @JoycelynLongdon at the festival this year, to discuss her book Natural Connection.
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🚨 "What's being promised to us as a shiny new world of tomorrow is actually just recycling old forms of misogyny, and baking them into the building blocks of our future society." Laura Bates speaks on AI and misogyny at Festival of Debate 2025. @EverydaySexism
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✨ Our 2025 programme is now over - thank you all so much for coming along and taking part for another year. It's such a source of hope to see people coming together to explore some of the most important issues we face. See you next year! Photos by @LaureAdva 📸
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Yesterday at Soft Ground, we heard from Sheffield Community Land Trust about their plan to take our city back into common ownership, providing affordable housing and cultural spaces right in the city centre 🏘️ @CommLandTrusts
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Join us at @showroomcinema tonight for a free screening of a powerful documentary exploring how Sheffield’s social enterprises are leading systemic change in response to the social, economic, and environmental challenges of our time. Free tickets ⬇️ https://t.co/mBXY8t4vsv
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Join us for a special screening of Social Enterprising the Transitions Ahead, a powerful documentary…
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