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The Enemy Within

Being a British Muslim for the past decade or so has been a brutal affair. Sayeeda Warsi brings her unique perspective to bear on cultural difference, counter-terrorism, religious freedom,...
Speaker(s): Baroness Sayeeda Warsi

I Believe God Is Human, It’s the Rest of Us I’m Not Sure About.

Dave Tomlinson's manifesto for a marriage of faith and humanism, based on his latest book, Black Sheep and Prodigals: an Antidote to Black and White Religion. Dave Tomlinson is a vicar and author of...
Speaker(s): Dave Tomlinson

The Art of the Collect

The form of collect is as elegant as a sonnet. It's got five folds, and has poetry and intention at its heart. Join Pádraig Ó Tuama reading poetry and prayers from his new collection of Collects,...
Speaker(s): Pádraig Ó Tuama

Israel, Its Military, and Us

One Israeli who refused military service probes militarism in Israeli society. How are children taught to become soldiers? What does a militarised economy look like and how is it exported? And what...
Speaker(s): Sahar Vardi

The Word of Reprieve

The Common Good? The death penalty, torture, rendition, detention without trial and assassination: Donald Trump's solutions to the world's problems. Awarded an OBE for "humanitarian services", Clive...
Speaker(s): Clive Stafford Smith

Global poverty: from charity to justice?

We live in a world where more people have access to a mobile phone than a toilet, and we are desperate to respond. But is aid the solution the world requires? This talk suggest that the focus of...
Speaker(s): Justin Thacker

Place

‘Place' is back on the agenda today, with news stories being dominated by questions of local belonging and cultural identity. Andrew Rumsey's new book, ‘Parish', is a timely consideration...
Speaker(s): Andrew Rumsey

English Pastoral

With nationalism of all kinds on the rise, what future for ‘Little England'? Might xenophobia and extremism be counteracted by a more pastoral patriotism, relocating our ‘longing for home' in...
Speaker(s): Andrew Rumsey

INTER-ACT: Loss, Cancer, and Minecraft: A playable poem about saying goodbye

Andy Robertson, Adam Clarke, Victoria BennettJoin Minecraft artist and Stampy collaborator, Adam Clarke, and poet, Victoria Bennett, as they share their unique playable Minecraft poem “My...

INTER-ACT: Where video games go next

Games and culture don't usually mix. But what if they did? We ask Simon Parkin, New Yorker writer and Iain Simons, CEO Nation Videogame Foundation, whether video-games offer more to society than...

The Good of One Is the Good of All

In early Christian teaching, the common good is understood less as the search for a politics of consensus and more as the search for the life of communion. We reflect on the implications of this for...
Speaker(s): Citizens UK, Anna Rowlands

The Political Power of Music

In a talk about raves, riots and revolution (one man's journey to discover what makes music so powerful), Dave asks: who does music serve? The many or the few? Dave Randall is a musician and...
Speaker(s): Dave Randall

Scriptural Reasoning Remixed

Engage in a fun and thoughtful conversation around the music and lyrics that move us as spiritual people. Join Rachel Rose Reid, Abdalhamid Evans and Simon Jones as they discuss the songs that move...
Speaker(s): Rachel Rose Reid, Abdalhamid Evans

INTER-ACT: How Video- games matter

Call of Duty, Minecraft, Grand Theft Auto, Pokemon or Roblox. You or someone you love plays a lot of video-games, or watches hundreds of hours of other people playing them on YouTube. Join Andy for a...

Restoring Hope

In the West Bank farming olives is about more than earning a living, it is an act of political protest. The Olive Tree Campaign is keeping hope alive and you can get involved. Born and living in...
Speaker(s): Muhanad Al Qaisy