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Dream, Pray, Act

Joanna Brown's book 'Jesus' began with a dream, a prayer and then a meeting with the Ethiopian painter Nebiyu Assefa. It took her to olive farms and building sites in Jerusalem and Palestine. Her...
Speaker(s): Joanna Brown

Screened Out

Thirty-three years ago Neil Postman wrote a book called Amusing Ourselves to Death. It was a critique of television, the only screen of choice then. But now... what does the omnipresence of screens...
Speaker(s): John Bell

A creative life in Russia

Alexander Cheparukin in conversation Pussy Riot's tour producer, speaks about his life spent as a cultural producer in Russia, taking acts like Peter Gabriel to play in Red Square. Hear about the...

Bryony Kimmings Q & A

Your chance to get up close and personal with Bryony Kimmings and ask her about her work and motivations, especially the work-in-progress piece she has performed at the festival, Phoenix Bitch....

Darkness But Not Despair: Making Sense of Illness in the Light of Faith

Jennie Hogan talks about her unsparing memoir, This Is My Body, a story of brain trauma, recovery and transformation. Drawing on her beliefs, experience and poetry, she questions what it means to...
Speaker(s): Jennie Hogan

Corporate Character

Even if your company or organisation isn't perfect, you should still try to be. How you choose to behave shapes the culture around you. So how can you hone your character, and behave as you'd like...
Speaker(s): Eve Poole

Re-imagining enterprise: Housing

It's all about getting on the "housing ladder" and an "Englishman's home is his castle". Right? Well... Hear about a group of Council tenants managing their own estate and building new homes and...
Speaker(s): Dawn Foster

Consumer Character

How can we train ourselves to ignore the lure of redemption at the checkout? We talk consumerism, theology, and how people of character might develop their ability to yearn more for God than for the...
Speaker(s): Eve Poole

Campaigning on Climate Change in the era of Trump and Brexit

Climate records are being broken almost daily and yet Britain is completely absorbed with Brexit, and President Trump is pulling the US out of the UN climate agreement. Against this political...
Speaker(s): Craig Bennett

Sexual exploitation and human trafficking – what is the human cost?

Human trafficking for sexual exploitation removes a human being's identity and forces them into a situation where they are silenced and helpless. Learn more about the different methods used in the...
Speaker(s): Cristina Gavrilovic

A Roof Over Your Head

Guardian columnist Dawn Foster challenges us with the realities of the UK's housing crisis. What does affordable housing mean in practice? Why do successive governments fall short of building the...
Speaker(s): Dawn Foster

The Future of Dating and Relationships

There have never been more ways to meet people and yet never have people felt more alone. More encounters now start online - and more choices of relationships are on offer: short-term, long-term,...

Tools for Tackling Hate Crime

Hear how Citizens UK members in Manchester and Birmingham have been working to tackle hate crime in their communities. And find out how their Commission on Islam, Participation and Public Life is...
Speaker(s): Citizens UK

Re-imagining enterprise: work

Work is becoming ever more precarious, with more moving into the gig economy and self-employment. But there are other approaches to making work fairer and more secure. David Barnard of the...
Speaker(s): Citizens UK

Reclaiming Histories

Anna Kessel is a sports journalist, acclaimed author of Eat Sweat Play and vocal campaigner on equality in sport and Leena Normington is a vlogger and activist. Together, they explore the importance...
Speaker(s): Anna Kessel, Leena Norms