The Manifesto Club will be analysing contemporary threats to freedom at the Battle of Ideas on 17 and 18 October. Sessions include: ‘Statute overload: are there too many laws?‘, about the growth of criminalisation of everyday life; ‘Hot off the Press: outdoor smoking bans‘, as Brighton Council prepares to ban smoking on the beach; ‘We the People, you the Mob?‘, about the growth of censorship and censoriousness online; and on 7 October, ‘From booze bans to homeless spikes: is public space under threat?‘. Do come along!