The Debates are on Saturdays from 11 am and will take place online. An invited speaker talks for about 30 minutes, followed by another 30 minutes for questions and discussion.
To receive an invitation and a link to the online meetings please sign up to our mailing list here or see below. Links will be updated approximately a week before each debate.
A series of three follow-up face-to-face public debates at St. Mary’s Church Hall, St Mary’s RC Church, Hencotes, Hexham NE46 2EB are being organised and chaired by Tynedale Transformed, in partnership with the Hexham Debates.
Dates for 2025
Online Events:
January 18th
February 8th
March 15th
April 12th
May 10th
June 28th
Live Events:
Summer 2025, see below
Online Hexham Debates
Debate No.1
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Saturday 18 January 2025
Paul Rogers – Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies, Bradford University
The World in 2030: what can be done to make it more peaceful?
Debate No.2
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Saturday 8 February 2025
Grace Blakeley – Economics and political commentator
Fighting Vulture Capitalism
Debate No.3
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Saturday 15 March 2025
Harriet Lamb – Chief Executive, WRAP
Circular Living: an idea whose time has come?
Debate No.4
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Saturday 12 April 2025
Alice Wiseman – Director of Public Health in Gateshead and Newcastle
It takes a City to Raise a Child
Debate No.5
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Saturday 10 May 2025
Emma Pearson – Asylum and Immigration Caseworker at Justice First
Challenging the Detention Estate: Resistance and Compassionate Change
Debate No.6
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Saturday 28 June 2025
Michael Clarke – Fellow, King’s College, London and former Director General of the Royal United Services Institute
‘Nothing happens for decades, then decades happen in weeks’: What are these weeks in global politics telling us?
Panel discussions provided by Tynedale Transformed
11.00am to 12.30pm at the Church Hall, St Mary’s Catholic Church, Hencotes, Hexham, NE46 2EB
Saturday 24 May – DO WE NEED A NEW ECONOMY?
A Conversation with MAEVE COHEN from the NEW ECONOMICS FOUNDATION
Saturday 14 June – The Politics of Waste…and how to change them
Saturday 19 July 2025 – Migration…what does it mean?
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Video recordings and details of previous series of The Hexham Debates can be found at https://hexhamdebates.co.uk/the-debates-archive/