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Hope in the Dating: Finding love and connection in a disconnected world

As we explore whether technology has made it easier or harder to form genuine connections, are we at a cultural turning point in how we approach dating and relationships? How can we keep honesty and...
Speaker(s): Lamorna Ash, Seth Pinnock, Vicky Walker, Chine McDonald

This 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 Brewin

Fascist Yoga

While lots of us happily practise our downward dogs and warrior poses, artist and writer Stewart Home explores an alternate secret history of those few who have tried to use yoga to exploit and...
Speaker(s): Stewart Home

Travel 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 Williams

How’s Your Hope? How’s Your Anger?

With wit, warmth and humour, poet Henry Raby and theatre-maker Natalie Quatermass present a raucous live recording of the podcast where art and activism meet. With live music and poetry and some...
Speaker(s): The Vandal Factory Podcast Live

Time 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 Hopkins

Positive Tipping Points

Tim Lenton, founder of the Global Systems Institute and Chair in Climate Change and Earth System Science at the University of Exeter, tells us how we can each play a part in triggering vital positive...
Speaker(s): Tim Lenton

Festival Communion Gathering

Hope In Our Hands. We gather to remind ourselves that hope is more than optimism, but instead a habit of character we must choose, practise and cultivate. We gather to be reminded of the strength of...
Speaker(s): Adjoa Andoh, Sarah Corbett, Seth Pinnock

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 Winton

Yara Eid

Yara Eid is a Palestinian journalist and human rights advocate who worked for different international human rights organisations such as Amnesty International. She is a writer who explores the...

Kevin Farmer

Kevin Farmer, Deputy Director at Barbados Museum & Historical Society. Since 2011, Kevin has served as Deputy Director of Barbados Museum and Historical Society, overseeing museum exhibition...

Quaker Arts Network

The Quaker Arts Network is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. It operates primarily in the United Kingdom and welcomes the participation of people from other...

Kathryn Underwood

Kathryn has been bringing laughter to festivals for three years. She enjoys sharing the joy of laughing for no reason, with as many people as possible. Kathryn has also recently trained as a Pilates...

Jennifer Hughes

Jennifer Hughes is a multimedia artist who appreciates time to create independently and time to work in an atmosphere of shared creativity. Jennifer is currently working on two themes. The first...

Dr Sally Lee

Sally is a Senior Lecturer In Social Work at Bournemouth University. Prior to taking on an academic role I spent over twenty years as a social worker with adults in a range of settings, developing...