Guest blogger James Cary, comedy writer of smash hit sitcoms like Miranda, tells it how it is … Christmas is a joke; not the overblown commercial sense (although it is); nor even in the ‘the Christians just planted their own festival on top of Yule’ sense (which may be true). It is a joke in [...]

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New Greenbelt director Paul Northup will be speaking at the Faith and Festivals Symposium in Birmingham at the start of November. Taking place at Mac Arts Birmingham and organised by Soul City Arts, the symposium is being held to examine "the explosion of festival culture in the UK and how faith related perspectives impact". We're sure [...]

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Here's Greenbelt Literature Programmer Ben Whitehouse with an introduction to Nicky Getgood, appearing at Greenbelt 2011… — Nicky Getgood is Communications Manager at Talk About Local and author of the Birmingham blog Digbeth is Good. At Talk About Local she enables people to find a more powerful voice online for their community and express themselves. [...]

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If Greenbelt 2010 has opened your eyes to new forms of worship, you might be interested in Reviv'in, a new monthly DJ-led worship event in Birmingham. Hosted by Lorraine Dixon (who you might recognise from the GB09 Sunday Service) and Lee Hills, the event is described as "both a journey and an opportunity to meet [...]

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Greenbelt is supporting the speaking tour by the Israeli campaigner Jeff Halper of ICAHD throughout March. Jeff is in conversation with Dr Ghada Karmi, a leading Palestinian writer and academic, to discuss how boycotts and other sanctions can allow the public to have a direct involvement in a complex situation, and achieve concrete solutions – similar [...]

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For those of you still yearning for a "Long Now" experience you should point your feet, trains and cars in the direction of Birmingham and check out an exhibition. The Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is hosting an exhibition of Craft and the Slow Revolution from the 17th October 2009- 4th January 2010. The exhibition [...]

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by Ben Whitehouse I asked Jon Bounds to "write a post for the blog" and wasn't too sure what I'd get back. As usual I wasn't disappointed, Jon has delivered, in his own unique, way, something wonderful about his talks for the festival. Make sure you catch them, they're not to be missed! The ways [...]

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