Every time I get a message from a junior or a peer asking me for help on how to join debating, the most I can do in my limited capacity is suggest they join their school's debating club. Since that, ...

In a May 2025 study in Nature Human Behavior, researchers set up online debates between two humans, and between a human and the large language model GPT-4. In some debates, they provided both humans ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Back in 1992, my school friend Daniel Saxby and I stood in London in front of an audience of worthies and a panel of ...

The death of Charlie Kirk reignited heated discussions about political speech in America, especially the value of arguing with people you disagree with. One company, Jubilee Media, has tapped into ...

The culture of debating has an august pedigree, stretching back to ancient Greece and India and perhaps reaching its height during the Age of Enlightenment in both England and what was to become the ...

Picture this: you’re a student at a Chinese Medium Instruction (CMI) school. You like the challenges of learning and using English. You’ve been reading articles about debating in Young Post, and ...

One side for an argument or motion, and one side against – the basics for any debate. In Hong Kong, many students will take debating classes, either as a hobby, or as something much more serious.

FOR many people college was an exciting time, as it afforded enough freedom to be an adult, but without the grown-up responsibilities. However, Ravonne Thomas-Matthews’ story is quite the opposite.

A team of five high-schoolers who represented India at the World Schools Debating Championship brought laurels to the country with their skilled argumentation and eloquence. HYDERABAD: Unlocking their ...

Philippine debating remains a locus of liberal rhetoric. Except its focus is no longer America, but Asia. There has always been something oratorical about Filipino liberalism. Most of the key liberals ...