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The Philosophy Now Festival

We report on the magazine’s 20th anniversary celebration at London’s Conway Hall, where Martin Midgley gave this speech accepting Philosophy Now’s first Award for Contributions in the Fight Against Stupidity on behalf of his mother, Dr Mary Midgley.

We celebrated twenty years of Philosophy Now with an all-day philosophy festival in central London on December 18th 2011. Around 1,500 people came through the doors of Conway Hall during the course of the day. As the festival was free and open to anyone who wanted to come, we were worried that either nobody would turn up or else there would be too many for the space available, but the numbers were close to ideal. Everyone was very friendly and supportive and generally a joy to be with. A large group of volunteers helped to set things up and keep the day running smoothly.

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