Stories with Muneera Pilgrim
In the third episode of our second podcast series, Katherine and Paul welcome Bristol-based poet, theatre-maker and powerful storyteller, Muneera Pilgrim. We hear about Muneera's experiences...
Speaker(s): Muneera PilgrimMade In Palestine
Let's face it, Christmas in 2020 felt a little different. To help us navigate this, we turned back to the story of that first Christmas, as told in the four gospels. But we added a fifth, sixth...
Podcast
A nun, a Rabbi, a Muslim convert, a Lutheran firebrand, a humanist, an American liberation theologian, an ex Met police officer and an LGBTQ+ priest go into a bar. Join us for series three of...
Why we’re coming together as we stay apart
A blog from our main partner Christian Aid in this, Christian Aid Week. In humanitarian camps like the ones in Maiduguri in Northern Nigeria, where thousands have been displaced from their homes...
So where do we go from here?
We've partied. We've protested. But what do we do now with all that we've wrestled with this weekend on the climate catastrophe that faces us if we just stick to business as usual? As we head...
Speaker(s): Extinction Rebellion, The Anti Fracking Nanas, Christian AidResist to Exist
There is a long history of citizens resisting injustice by withdrawing aspects of their legal cooperation with the State. This panel debates the ethics of civil disobedience and asks: is it ever OK...
Speaker(s): Extinction Rebellion, The Anti Fracking Nanas, Bishop Stephen CottrellActivism in the Hostile Environment
The Stansted 15 assisted people to stay in the country and successfully claim asylum or succeed in other claims. But the law judged these concerned citizens to be 'terrorists'. What they were doing...
Speaker(s): The Stansted 15The People Vs Tech
Tech has radically changed the way we live our lives. But with our fragile political systems threatened by this digital revolution, what do these changes – and the likes of Cambridge Analytica –...
Speaker(s): Jamie BartlettHanging Out With The Outsiders
For two years, Jamie Bartlett went undercover with some of our most radical political outsiders. Immersed with with the likes of Tommy Robinson, green militants, radical futurists and free love...
Speaker(s): Jamie BartlettCSW
CSW (Christian Solidarity Worldwide) is a Christian human rights organisation advocating for freedom of religion or belief around the world. The right to freedom of religion or belief is also known...
Livability
Livability is the disability charity that connects people with their communities. The charity tackles social isolation and the barriers that can cause this in the lives of disabled and vulnerable...
Modern Church
Founded in 1898, now in its 120th year, Modern Church is committed to a liberal theology that says that religious thought and practice must develop in the light of new insights. Its aim is to stop...
Space to Breathe
Committed to providing opportunities for young adults to have a spiritual context within which to reflect on the everyday issues of life, Space to Breathe makes the resources and treasures of...
Small acts of rebellion
We live in unprecedented times. And it seems only right that, in spotlighting the concerns we have as a festival around issues like climate emergency, migration, UK poverty and inequality and...
Sona Jobarteh
The Kora, a west African harp is traditionally played by male griots, or hereditary musicians, and never by women. This is the woman who decided to change the rules. She stands as she plays,...