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Hello to the World

Pádraig Ó Tuama has spent 20 years trying to say hello. Join him for this session of prose and poetry as he reads from his latest book and continues greeting what is beautiful, what is true and...

Albion Awakes? Re-Earthing Britain

Faced with a rising tide of psychological unease and stress, and an ongoing ecological crisis, it is time to fix the disconnect between people and nature in the UK. Is re-localising food and energy...
Speaker(s): Michael Northcott

Writing Collaboratively: The Teenage Prayer Experiment

Miranda and her teenage son Noah began The Teenage Prayer Experiment by blogging. So what happens when you challenge young people to experiment with prayer, and to write up their results as a...

Mona Siddiqui in conversation with Cole Moreton

One of the foremost Western Muslim scholars, Mona Siddiqui talks about her life journey as a Muslim woman academic in Britain. A much-celebrated voice in our culture, she applies a uniquely probing...
Speaker(s): Mona Siddiqui, Cole Moreton

Four Spiritual Weapons in the Activist’s Armoury: Redemption; Community; the Shadow; Archetypes

What is spiritual activism? The spiritual traditions offer tried and tested tools for taking on and ultimately redeeming the powers that be. Matt Carmichael explores four of them, using the stories...
Speaker(s): Matt Carmichael

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 Haig

The 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 Evans

The 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-Barrow

Angels 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 Rose

The 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 Cantacuzino

Dear 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 Holdsworth

Read 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 Winkett

The challenge of mindfulness: how the 21st century is reconstructing faith

Its origins lie in ancient Buddhism, but the huge popularity of mindfulness today reflects the preoccupations of our age. But how does this extraordinary movement relate to other religious beliefs,...
Speaker(s): Madeleine Bunting

Life 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-Roberts

Primania: 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-Rose