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DentDr Shirley Dent
Head of Communications
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Shirley was formerly Communications Director for the Institute of Ideas. She continues as the Battle Satellites director and is also an Associate Fellow of the Institute of Ideas. Shirley writes and comments widely on arts and literature, including a regular blog at Guardian Arts Unlimited, and reviews for The Times Literary Supplement. She sits on the editorial board of the humanities journal, The Grey Zone and researched the editorial and bibliographic history of William Blake’s works for her PhD, co-authoring a book on the subject with Jason Whittaker, Radical Blake. She continues to contribute academic essays to scholarly collections: this year she is writing three more chapters for collected editions, one on copyright, one on censorship and one on the hymn Jerusalem and its use by the far right. Shirley was formerly Head of Communications at the Policy Studies Institute and Assistant Editor at the New Humanist.
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DEBATING MATTERS HISTORY
National FInal: National Final 2010/11
DEBATE: IVF
Regional Final: Central 2010/11
DEBATE: Great Apes
Regional Final: Central 2010/11
DEBATE: Healthy Behaviour
Regional Final: London & South 2009/10
DEBATE: MPs expenses
Regional Final: London & South 2009/10
DEBATE: Artistic Expression
Qualifying Round: West London 2009/10
DEBATE: Older Mums
Qualifying Round: West London 2009/10
DEBATE: Pop artists
Qualifying Round: Berkshire 2008/09
DEBATE: Animal Experimentation
Qualifying Round: Berkshire 2008/09
DEBATE: Sport and Competition
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Coming up next..
8 February: Edinburgh 2011/12 Qualifying Round, Edinburgh
