How do we talk to children about the world to come?
Over ten years, Ben Rawlence wrote letters to his children wrestling with how to speak to them about the enormous changes unfolding on our planet. He knew that their world would be very different...
Speaker(s): Ben RawlencePart of a Bigger Thing
Musician, writer, actor and mental health campaigner Jordan Stephens is one of the most thoughtful voices pushing back against the rise of the manosphere, modelling radical vulnerability. In...
Speaker(s): Guvna B, Jordan StephensWhispers of Peace
How to act for peace as the war drums beat loudly? What can the faith-shaped peacemaker do in the face of multiple global challenges? This workshop will help you refine what is yours to do in this...
Speaker(s): Hannah Brock Womack, John CooperHope in a divided age: responding to the climate crisis and the rise of the far right
As anti-Net Zero rhetoric and populist politics rise, how can the Church remain a voice of prophetic hope and climate action? This interactive workshop provides practical tools for faithful...
Speaker(s): Clare Fussell, Green Christian, Melanie NazarethGreen Light For Change
As the old two-party system falls apart, Green Party CEO Harriet Lamb is keen to hear your views and questions. She outlines the power of progressive politics, and how we can all get involved in...
Speaker(s): Harriet LambWho Will Slay the Elbit Beast?
Clare Hinchcliffe's daughter Zoe (20) was imprisoned for 18 months on remand for direct action against an Israeli weapons factory in Bristol. Clare and Zoe share their story and how prayer and poetry...
Could you slide the marmalade down this way?
Ever lived in community? Or talked to yourself about it? Or wondered if it's something for you? Utopian pipe dream or rule of a good life? Folk from the Iona Community share their experiences of a...
Speaker(s): Iona Community, Ruth HarveyLove Your Cancelled Enemy
Dave Tomlinson asks what it means to love our enemies in an age of callouts and cancel culture. Can movements for justice stay transformative without writing people off, are there better ways to...
Speaker(s): Dave TomlinsonHow Animals Heal Us
Pet-owners and animal-lovers instinctively know that animals heal. This talk offers the evidence, drawing widely on scientific discoveries, history and Indigenous knowledge.
Speaker(s): Jay GriffithsFringe Dweller
A fresh look at Jesus the Fringe Dweller. Exploring his encounters with those at the fringes and delving deeper into one story - Flip The Script. With conversation, participation and artist responses...
Speaker(s): David Cotterill, Jonny BakerA More Humane Climate
Marina Warner, author of Sanctuary, joins the Refugee Tales panel to talk about the dangers of writing the human costs of climate change out of the story. Well explore how migration increases as...
Speaker(s): David Herd, Marina Warner, Refugee TalesHolding on to Hope in a Hostile Moment: Towards a Humane Asylum Process
Refugee Tales workers and experts by experience report from the frontlines of immigration detention and human rights, explore models of a better approach, and highlight hopeful actions people can...
Speaker(s): David Herd, Patrick Gale, Refugee TalesStaying At The Table
Coventry Cathedral and Embrace the Middle East invite you to explore the practice of gracious dialogue as a way of listening well and speaking truthfully on difficult and divisive issues such as...
Speaker(s): Embrace the Middle EastWho Belongs in a Warming World?
Climate change is transforming our world, but our response isnt inevitable. Together well explore how climate and migration are connected, why the politics around them matter, and how we can...
Speaker(s): Fatima IbrahimHow (On Earth) To Parent
Between nappy changes and nursery rhymes, the news brings horror and anxiety. This is a space to explore the feelings that emerge as we raise children in these times. Bring your grief, your rage, and...
Speaker(s): Grace Claydon