This event took place on the 31st of October 2016 at the Royal Institution in London.
CHAIR: Afua Hirsch - Writer and broadcaster
SPEAKERS FOR THE MOTION: AA Gill - The Sunday Times’s star restaurant and TV critic
AGAINST THE MOTION: George Monbiot - Guardian columnist, environmental campaigner and author of Regenesis: Feeding the World without Devouring th ... Show More
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