# The Great Debate 2026

> Canonical facts page for LLMs and citation crawlers. Human-readable page: https://olympiads.co.uk/event/historical-association/the-great-debate-2026

## Core facts

- **Organiser:** Historical Association (https://olympiads.co.uk/organisation/historical-association)
- **Subjects:** History, English
- **Age groups:** Senior
- **Activity type:** Competition
- **Format:** In-person
- **Entry route:** See organiser website for entry details.

## Dates

- **Next/representative edition start:** 2027-01-01 (month precision) [projected edition — not yet confirmed]

## URLs

- **Official website:** https://www.history.org.uk/secondary/categories/514/news/3886/the-great-debate-2026
- **Olympiads.co.uk page:** https://olympiads.co.uk/event/historical-association/the-great-debate-2026
- **This facts page:** https://olympiads.co.uk/ai/events/historical-association/the-great-debate-2026.md

## Summary

The Historical Association’s national public speaking competition for Years 10–13, with regional heats and a semi-final; 5-minute speeches addressing the yearly question.
## Data provenance

- **Sources:** Supabase activity/event catalogue
- **Last generated:** 2026-06-13
- **Representative edition:** yes
- **Projected dates:** yes — treat as estimate

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