Palestine/Israel: Moving from separation and exclusion to sharing and equality
Palestine/Israel is in desperate need of a bold vision that challenges a status quo shaped by ethno-religious exclusivity and exclusion. After facing hard facts about the reality on the ground, comes...
The Beauty in the Beast
Hugh Warwick once argued that the hedgehog was the most important creature on the planet but he was beset by others who claimed that their own particular species were just as significant. So began a...
The Blood of the Martyrs in the C21st
The wars of the new millennium have been matched with a rise in martyrdom around the globe. While most people view it as catastrophic, a growing number claim it has unique value. So what is...
Speaker(s): Dave TomlinsonIdentities in Paradise
How we perceive ourselves and how others perceive us collectively changes constantly as we grow up among worlds. Is there room in paradise for multiple identities? Do we have to become who we are not...
Is Anything Private Anymore?
In the digital age, can we keep any secrets? We want to harness the information flow and see everything all the time, but what price will we pay for our obsessive curiosity? As well as hearing from...
Is there any hope for heathens?
One of the great promises of religion is hope. So does giving up God mean we also have to Malikgive that up? This talk will look at the different answers to this question within secular thought: from...
Making Sense of Videogames
Videogames offer new ways of telling our stories, but reviews suggest they are largely about entertainment and violence. Andy Robertson helps gamers and non-gamers make sense of the format, to find a...
Speaker(s): Jousting with Andy RobertsonMeaning and Randomness: On Seeing Things That Are Not There
Our brains have evolved to make quick decisions that are right most of the time as opposed to slower, more reflective, decisions that are right slightly more often. They are optimised for biological...
Another world is Possible
Those in power in empires, organisations, cultures and churches have a vested interest in the status quo. Business as usual serves them rather well. But there are those who see, imagine, speak and...
Democracy is dangerous
The masses know what's best – or do they? The world hungers for the way we do it – or does it? The elite are bred to lead – or are they? We ask activist Peter Tatchell, 38 Degrees' Hannah...
Speaker(s): Hannah LownsbroughFailure is not an option
We live in one of the wealthiest countries in the world and in the most affluent time in history. The mantra's of the era are ‘opportunity for all' and ‘everyone can succeed'. Failure is...
Speaker(s): Lucy WinkettUbuntu: the Future of the Universe
If the community of the holy people of God is about anything, it's about loving our neighbours. We must understand and celebrate our inextricable links to each other always walking with Jesus. This...
What fruit did Adam and Eve eat in Eden? Taste and learn…
Jewish sages have five theories of what Adam and Eve ate, and not one of them is an apple! We will look at all the possibilities, explain the apple mistake, and discover how this is really about the...
Restoring humanity in post-apartheid South Africa
Hear of the Healing of Memories radical approach to restoring to communities the humanity that was broken by the brutal violence and crude racial policies of the apartheid regime. Mpendulo spent...
The big society, people power and customer complaints: how to be more than a bystander in Britain
Whether tackling poverty and debt, social mobility and educational attainment or climate change and civil unrest, Stella Creasy MP sets out why and how citizens must together lead the fight to save...