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 RowlandsThe 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 RandallScriptural 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 EvansINTER-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...
70 Years Since Partition: The Future of the South Asian Diaspora
2017 marks 70 years since the Indian sub-continent was first divided after British colonial rule. A lot has changed since then, including in the South Asian diaspora. This conversation explores the...
Speaker(s): Yousuf Bashir Qureshi, Akanksha Mehta, Nitasha Kaul, Avaes MohammadA Spirited Neighbourhood: Connecting Church and Community
The recent responses to terror and disaster show community spirit to be alive and well. Yet beyond a crisis, disabled and vulnerable people still face many barriers to community life. How can...
Speaker(s): LivabilityRestoring 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 El QaisyThe Boy Who Gave His Heart Away
Cole Moreton tells the deeply moving, true story of a life saved by a heart transplant, the unusual bond between two mothers that followed, and explores the emotional and spiritual issues around...
Speaker(s): Cole MoretonThe Middle East: Descent into Chaos?
The birthplace of Christianity was a region that modelled peaceful coexistence for centuries. But descent into chaos and war has meant marginalisation, oppression and cleansing of the Christian...
Speaker(s): Peter OborneTurning the Moneychangers’ Tables? The Rise of Rentierism
Rentierism – the use of pre-existing assets (debt, cars, mobile phones, wifi) to effortlessly extract financial gains from those who do not own them – is the new face of exploitative capitalism....
Speaker(s): Ann PettiforExchange ideas: Stories for enterprise for the common good – houses and homes
How can different communities take control of their energy requirements or their housing needs? Hear from a community energy provider and a student housing co-operative.Featuring Paul Phare from...
Speaker(s): Cliff MillsA Spirituality for The Common Good
What kind of spiritual practice helps us work for The Common Good? How does our prayer guide us to discern how to use our gifts and sustain our engagement? Where might we find joy in the midst of...
Speaker(s): Kate MonkhouseI was hungry and thirsty, were you there?
For years, Jack Monroe has been campaigning for those so poor in our society that they are voiceless and invisible. Then came the Grenfell Tower fire and suddenly the country woke up to what we're...
Speaker(s): Jack MonroeExchange inspiration: How can a business be values led?
Is business incompatible with moral values? How can a commercial business be values-led? With Ed Mayo, Secretary General, Co-operatives UK, David Alcock, Head of Social Business at Anthony Collins...
Speaker(s): Ed Mayo, David Alcock