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The People Vs Tech

Tech has radically changed the way we live our lives. But with our fragile political systems threatened by this digital revolution, what do these changes – and the likes of Cambridge Analytica –...
Speaker(s): Jamie Bartlett

Radical Reading: Provocation from Pluto – Decolonising the University

Gurminder Bhambra explores the movements and campaigns known as ‘decolonising the university', asking questions such as ‘why is my curriculum white' and bringing attention to the Black,...
Speaker(s): Gurminder Bhambra

The Science of Fate

How predictable is your future? Hannah Critchlow delves into the latest scientific research to show the extent to which the course of our lives are hardwired into our brains, from what we choose to...
Speaker(s): Hannah Critchlow

New Wit. New Wisdom.

Artificial intelligence is changing the human person and human community--but to what end? Professor Ilia Delio discusses the vision of Teilhard de Chardin for an AI world where the religious...
Speaker(s): Ilia Delio

Green Economies

Politicians seem to only to talk in terms of the costs of going green. But what about the potential jobs, techonology and innovation? What are the challenges and opportunities of steering towards a...
Speaker(s): Grace Blakeley

How to Save the World from Financialisation

Wit, wisdom and...economics don't often get together in the same field. But stagnant productivity, lack of investment and rising inequality indicate that our finance-led growth economy is broken....
Speaker(s): Grace Blakeley

Event Horizon: Faith In The Future

The world's religions have stories about the way the future will go. Those different stories and how literally we take them can have profound implications for our living together in the present....
Speaker(s): Event Horizon: How The Way Faith Sees The Future Affects Us All In The Present, Festival Friends

Climate Emergency? What does that mean? And what are XRs demands?

Climate Change and ecological collapse has been on the edges of public consciousness for decades so why has it become so important at this moment in history? In this session we will explore some of...
Speaker(s): Extinction Rebellion

Radical action Part 1: XRs methodology and how to get involved

History is full of examples of change, transformation and liberation brought about through Non-violent direct action led by faith communities. How can you get involved in the current push for the UK...
Speaker(s): Extinction Rebellion

Peak Inequality and Food Bank Use

The Trussell Trust's CEO Emma Revie will be talking with Danny Dorling on his latest book Peak Inequality, and how we can create a future without the need for food banks in the UK.
Speaker(s): Danny Dorling, Trussell Trust

Wit as a Weapon: Art against Fascism

In the face of today's increasingly extreme politics, what can we learn from how artists have made subversive wit a weapon and deployed absurdity and a truer wisdom in the face of authoritarian...
Speaker(s): Debbie Lewer

Don’t Touch My Hair: crowning glory, power and identity

Charting the cultural history and symbolism of Afro-textured hair, Emma Dabiri's work sweeps from pre-colonial Africa to the dubious provenance of Kim Kardashian's braids, showing how black...
Speaker(s): Emma Dabiri

The Politics Of Climate Change

A politics that looks beyond national borders and seeks to build international cooperation and consensus must play a part in the fight to avert climate breakdown. As the UK teeters on the edge of a...
Speaker(s): Catherine Rowett

What does it mean to love our neighbour?

Mervyn Thomas CMG in conversation with Sarah Snyder When we look deeply into the parable of the Good Samaritan, we are confronted by a picture of radical love for those in need. Come and explore...
Speaker(s): CSW

What’s So Funny About Brexit?

Professor Danny Dorling argues that the vote to leave the EU was the last gasp of the old empire working its way out of the British psyche, fuelled by misplaced nostalgia and profound anxiety. Is...
Speaker(s): Danny Dorling