On Death and Dying
Drawing together threads from our festival focus on death and dying, join a conversation with experts and practitioners from the programme. Connecting with work Theos think tank have done on public...
Speaker(s): Ru Callender, Kathryn Mannix, Lisa-Jayne LewisHard Art: Democracy and Creativity
Join climate activist Clare Farrell and artist Brian Eno as, together, they discuss their shared commitment to mobilising change in the face of the climate emergency. Why do activists and artists...
Speaker(s): Brian Eno, Clare FarrellFaith for Give-a-shits
Repairing the world (tikkun olam) requires more than good ideas and cool theologies, it also needs spirituality, fire in the guts. Tikkun olam focuses on a reciprocal process of repairing ourselves...
Speaker(s): Dave TomlinsonRobot Souls
In her new book, Robot Souls, Eve looks at what we've been deliberately leaving out of the design of AI. It turns out that all that 'junk code' left on the floor contains the very essence of our...
Speaker(s): Eve PooleA country where poverty does not exist
Poverty in the UK is an avoidable, solvable problem - but it's one we have failed to fix for far too long. As a society we must do better. Former prime minister Gordon Brown will talk about our moral...
Speaker(s): Gordon BrownCharity Begins At Home?
As the UK's finances struggle, cuts to the government's overseas development spending and increasing demand on foodbanks, debt centres and other services in the UK are pitted against one another....
Scared to Death
What happens as we're dying? What's the best way to support a dying person? Is hospital the best place? Let's look at all the wisdom we've forgotten. Let's be curious about dying. Let's know more,...
Speaker(s): Kathryn MannixAre You Listening?
When we're supporting someone through a difficult time, we may want to 'do something' to help them. Often, the most helpful thing we can offer is deeply attentive listening. Sounds easy? You'd be...
Speaker(s): Kathryn MannixShooting the messenger – is our freedom to protest disappearing?
Disruptive protest has been vital in the struggle to secure justice and social change. As the environmental emergency intensifies and climate protesters are desperately seeking change, the government...
Speaker(s): Melanie Nazareth, Jonathan HerbertMad World
Exploring the history of asylums and psychiatry; the relationship between disability justice, queer liberation and mental health; art and creativity; prisons and abolition; and alternative models of...
Speaker(s): Micha Frazer-CarrollFear of the Future Panel
With the existential threat of climate change, the cost of living crisis, the long shadow of COVID, war in Ukraine, famine in Ethiopia (again), and the collapse of political truth-telling - it's no...
Speaker(s): Sophie Howe, Melanie Nazareth, Jyothi Cross, Becky HallThe Rise of Rishi (et al)
Yasmin digs into the phenomenon of Black and Asians who rise to the top, asking: is this entryism?; an example of post-racial Britain? Or is it, once again, co-option by white power merchants? Are...
Speaker(s): Yasmin Alibhai-BrownSaving for a Rainy Day
The church has money, yet there is a persistant sense of scarcity in the institution. We're told assests and investment are being saved for a rainy day. But isn't pouring? Join Eve Poole (ex-Church...
Speaker(s): Eve Poole
Communion: Thanks, Love and Gift
Anyone seen an angel? Not the sort of angels who support Greenbelt all year round (though we love them too.) No, we're looking for the sort of angel that brings gifts from God; the sort of angel...
Speaker(s): Carrie and David GrantNext Year’s Tickets. This Year’s Prices.
We've just turned 50 but (as it turns out) we've already had our mid-life crisis, when we completely rethought our ticket prices last year. We knew times were tight (and still are), so we...