Reasons to Stay Alive
A moving, funny and joyous exploration of how to live better, love better and feel more alive, Reasons to Stay Alive is more than a memoir. It is a book about making the most of your time on...
Speaker(s): Matt HaigThe next generation will need to stop remote-controlled war
Drones have made the perfect blue skies of Afghanistan a fearful sight for children, with missiles fired at the press of a button thousands of miles away. Learn about them and the Fly Kites Not...
Speaker(s): Maya EvansThe Shed that Fed a Million Children
How a series of miraculous circumstances, coincidences, and an overwhelming display of ‘little acts of love' from all over the world may eliminate child hunger. Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow tells the...
Speaker(s): Magnus Macfarlane-BarrowAngels and Cyborgs
As the Christian vision of a new heaven and a new earth gets displaced by science fiction imaginings of technological utopias, what does this shift from angels to cyborgs tell us about being human in...
Speaker(s): Marika RoseThe Forgiveness Project: Stories for a Vengeful Age
Marina shares some of the amazing stories from her new book about her work with The Forgiveness Project – with the chance to join in discussion. Marina is an award-winning journalist and founder...
Speaker(s): Marina CantacuzinoDear Straight People – a manifesto for change
Since coming out during a sermon in 2006, Kelvin Holdsworth has been an activist for gay rights in the church and beyond. He believes the battle against faith-based homophobia can be won if straight...
Speaker(s): Kelvin HoldsworthRead the Bible With Your Feet
Reading the Bible isn't always easy. How do we deal with the bits we wish weren't there – and dig for ‘a pearl of great price' instead? Reading not only with our eyes but with our feet...
Speaker(s): Lucy WinkettThe Vicar of Gogglebox
A wedding dance video clip goes viral and suddenly the Rev Kate Bottley is starring on primetime Channel 4. She talks us through her experiences and wonders if all this telly stuff is an unexpected...
Speaker(s): Kate BottleyLife doesn’t come with a pretty bow
Long term suffering is rarely spoken about in church yet is a constant narrative for Bible characters. Katharine Welby-Roberts lives with long term mental health problems and thinks we should talk...
Speaker(s): Katharine Welby-RobertsPrimania: Who’s paying for your clothes?
Fast fashion. The age of Primark. When you buy a T-shirt for £2 who is really paying the price? The Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Bangladesh showed it's time for a fashion revolution....
Speaker(s): Katherine Maxwell-RoseA Vocabulary for Pain
Reclaiming the unique Jewish-Christian tradition of lament as an antidote to upset, anger, depression and bewilderment, both at an individual and a corporate level. Once described in his...
Speaker(s): John BellA Thistle in a Field of Roses
Some perspectives on England from a frequent Scottish visitor, taking in issues like regionalisation and ‘Londonisation'. Once described in his denomination's magazine as looking like a...
Speaker(s): John BellSadaqa Day: putting faith into action
With a young and growing Muslim population alongside an established Christian community in Britain, is there scope for more social action work to be done together? Sadaqa Day is a day of social...
Speaker(s): Julie SiddiqiSyria – who are the good guys?
Is there an end in sight for the Syrian crisis, now in its fifth year? We are becoming numbed by the scale of the suffering. Are there any good guys? How can we as Christians make sense of it all? A...
Speaker(s): Jeremy MoodeyA Lot Like Eve
Pioneering chaplain to the world of fashion, Rev Joanna Jepson peels back the layers and explores how it is that fashion has the power to both enslave and liberate, and why it matters. Joanna Jepson...
Speaker(s): Joanna Jepson