Billy Bragg has been at the forefront of politically-engaged rock, roots and folk music since the early '80s, with his ongoing activism going hand-in-hand with classic British songwriting to make an irresistible Greenbelt headliner.
The festival year starts in earnest this morning with our first announcements for the lineup for Greenbelt 2011: Dreams Of Home.
There was a reading of the play After Violence by the Forgiveness Project at Greenbelt 2010, and now a new production of the script is taking place at St Ethelburga's Centre for Peace and Reconciliation in London.
Following the Street Child World Cup, which took place over the summer, a documentary film about the event - Streetkids United - has premiered to a sell-out audience at the Berlin Film Festival.
If you're between the ages of 16 and 24 and live in London, the Muslim Youth Helpline are starting ReFocus, an interfaith campaign encouraging young people from different faith backgrounds to come together and explore their world through photography.
Literature volunteer, and guest blogger extraordinaire Rebecca Foster attended an event at the Commonplace festival in London, entitled "The Tongue that Cannot Lie", about the importance of truth in a world of spin.
Arun Ghosh, who wowed the Big Top at Greenbelt 2010, is presenting his original score to the 1926 film The Adventures of Prince Achmed live at the South Bank Centre in London as part of their Alchemy festival, celebrating "the richness, contrasts and confluences of the relationship between the UK, India and South Asian culture".
“@michaelfranti: @PaulW_Chambers @greenbelt we've had great experiences at Greenbelt. I hope to return!!!” <- We hope so too!