Stories from Land and Ocean
Australian novelist Tim Winton (twice nominated for the Booker) talks to Malcolm Doney about Juice, a book which will “stab your conscience and break your heart”, also about faith, the importance...
Speaker(s): Tim WintonWho am I to Judge?
Hear from Dr Victoria McCloud, the UK's first – and so far only – openly trans High Court judge. A practising Roman Catholic, she now chairs medical tribunals, fights for LGBTQ+ rights and runs...
Speaker(s): Victoria McCloud, Rachel MannWhat Next For Palestine Activism?
As the Free Palestine protests continue in massive numbers – while the Israeli onslaught on Gaza and its grip on the West Bank show no signs of abating – it's clear that civil society and the...
Speaker(s): Ahmed Alnaouq, Muhanad Al Qaisy, Yara EidJudgement Not Justice: Race, Creativity and the Criminal System
Justice begins in community, but why are some communities more policed, more punished, and less heard than others? This powerful panel explores how racial bias, systemic assumptions, music and the...
Speaker(s): Andrea Coomber, Ben Lindsay, Elli Brazzill, Lady Unchained, Shona MinsonTime Travel as a Tool for Activism
Transition movement founder Rob Hopkins shares some of the tools and insights from his new book 'How to Fall in Love with the Future', sharing practices and activists whose work plays with time and...
Speaker(s): Rob HopkinsThis is Not Another AI Panel: This is a Panel for the People
In the late 1950s, Marv Minsky, one of the early pioneers of Artificial Intelligence, excitedly turned to a colleague and gushed, "We're going to make machines intelligent. We are going to make...
Speaker(s): Hannah Silva, James Stewart, Kester BrewinTravel Green. Feel Free?
Bring your imagination and experiences to explore how sustainable places and journeys can deliver freedom and independence for people of all ages. An interactive discussion with a panel of transport...
Speaker(s): Laura Laker, Anna WilliamsLady Danbury at Boughton House
Best known as Bridgerton's Lady Danbury, Adjoa Andoh is British acting royalty. She is also a person of Christian faith, unafraid to speak out and sometimes cause a stir. Today she is in...
Speaker(s): Adjoa Andoh, Chine McDonaldMy Child, the Algorithm
Artificial Intelligence is widely feared but what happens when creative, thoughtful people turn their attention to AI? Join Alice Wroe, XR (Extended Reality) Lead at the Atlantic Institute, and...
Speaker(s): Alice Wroe, Hannah SilvaActs of Resistance
What is the purpose of art in a world on fire? Can it really change things for the better? Join author Amber Massie-Blomfield and racous, radical theatre makers and podcasters Vandal Factory to...
Speaker(s): Amber Massie-Blomfield, The Vandal Factory Podcast LiveThe Girl from Montego Bay
Bishop Rose Hudson is a trailblazer. The Church of England's first black female bishop talks life in Jamaica and in an ever-changing UK, facing discrimination, and never wavering from her call to...
Speaker(s): Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Cole MoretonThe Artform of Religion
Brian Eno and Liz Slade bring their perspectives as religious outsiders to ask if art and religion have a shared purpose. Can religion, like art, be a palace of joy and fun, or does holiness stifle...
Speaker(s): Brian Eno, Liz SladeWorldwide Woken Spurred
We're international baby! Not content with showcasing the UK's finest wordsmiths on site, World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker now brings the best poets IN THE WORLD to the best audience in the...
Speaker(s): Harry Baker, Len PennieJoining The Blue Dots
Prof Joanne Preston, leader of the Seascape Restoration Lab, links our relationship with the seas to human wellbeing and reaching our global biodiversity and climate goals. And she'll outline just...
Speaker(s): Joanne PrestonWomen: Making and Unmaking
From the Virgin Mary to tradwives on Instagram, society's interpretations of the Bible have distorted how women are seen. Authors Chine McDonald and Beth Allison-Barr want to tell a more hopeful...
Speaker(s): Beth Allison Barr, Chine McDonald