Jack Monroe at Greenbelt 2017

This year, we were thrilled to welcome Jack Monroe to Greenbelt. Jack falls into the you-need-to-ask-four-or-five-years-in-a-row category of festival contributor. Along with the likes of Billy Bragg....

Charles Handy at Greenbelt 2017

A personal reflection on the great man's visit to Greenbelt 2017 from Paul Northup, Greenbelt's Creative Director … If you're of my vintage (clears throat: half a century or so on this...

Chine McDonald

Trustee Chine McDonald is head of Christian influence & engagement at World Vision – a faith-based children's international development agency. Prior to that, she was director of communications...

9 ways to hang on to that festival feeling

The Greenbelt weekend – with its reams of talks, art and conversation – can be a pretty mind-altering, life-changing experience. But even the most intense experiences fade over time as summer...

Murmuration at Greenbelt 2017

One of the most amazing things about this year's festival was Murmuration, a commissioned, site-specific installation of delicate birds, suspended above the walkway towards the 'Other Side of the...

URC

The URC (United Reformed Church) are a family of Christians, worshipping in the name of Jesus in about 1500 local churches from Orkney to Cornwall. They say they do not fear change, and try to run...

Communion: Bring a Body

Gather from 10am for our annual festival communion service. All are welcome. This year's communion service – entitled “Bring a Body” is designed to reflect and celebrate how radically...
Speaker(s): Fischy Music

Towards a New Heaven, New Earth?

Darton Longman and Todd are proud to be at Greenbelt to launch a groundbreaking new essay collection: 'Reclaiming the Common Good.'In this panel session, editor Virginia Moffatt and three of the...
Speaker(s): Simon Barrow

I was hungry and thirsty, were you there?

For years, Jack Monroe has been campaigning for those so poor in our society that they are voiceless and invisible. Then came the Grenfell Tower fire and suddenly the country woke up to what we're...
Speaker(s): Jack Monroe

Black Lives Matter: Christian & Muslim Reflections

Ismael Lea South, Saraiya Bah, Eric Leroy Wilson and Rozella Haydée WhiteA conversation among Muslim and Christian voices reflecting on the Black Lives Matter movement including its historic roots...
Speaker(s): The 9 Beats Collective: Eric Leroy Wilson, Ismael Lea South, Saraiya Bah

Rampant Heterosexualism

This year a young girl took her life believing that God didn't love lesbians. Meanwhile the churches give the impression that the ‘gay' debate is all about what clergy can and can't do,...
Speaker(s): John Bell

Britain Needs Green Ideas

Tackling climate change and environmental destruction is a necessity. That's physics, not politics. But we can do it in ways that create a better society. Natalie Bennett discusses Green Party...
Speaker(s): Natalie Bennett

Communion: Bring a Body

Gather from 10am for our annual festival communion service. All are welcome. This year's communion service – entitled “Bring a Body” is designed to reflect and celebrate how radically...
Speaker(s): Fischy Music

Cathedrals and Commerce : The challenge facing large churches

Large churches are getting involved in enterprise activity to stay open – but didn't Jesus turn over the tables of the money changers? How can we find the right way through commerce and...
Speaker(s): Alison Inglis-Jones, Cliff Mills

Queer Virtue: The Power of Queerness to Reform and Revitalise Christian Faith

Authentic Christianity is and must be Queer." That is Liz Edman's provocative premise. She argues that queerness is a lens that can help all of us better understand and navigate an authentic...
Speaker(s): Elizabeth Edman