Bassem Tamimi
Bassem Tamimi is a Palestinian grassroots activist and an organiser of protests against Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank. He was convicted by an Israeli military court in 2012...
Five Tiny Acts of Revolution
In April 2019 a heavily-armed young man entered two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 52 people and injuring 49 others. That day, armed with a flat cap and a piece of cardboard, Andrew...
Speaker(s): Andrew GraystoneSchool of Noise
The School of Noise was founded four years ago by musician Dan Mayfield. Its aim is to provide a space for people of all ages and abilities to learn about sound and have fun being creative with...
Repair Café
The textile Repair Café is hosted by Penn, Jane and Carey, all with the experience to help you create what you want to achieve. Penn got the Mend and Re-use bug back in 2016. She started out as a...
Andrew Graystone
Andrew is a middle-aged, middle class, white Christian man who was brought up not to make a fuss. He is also a storyteller and a Greenbelt regular. He is a writer, journalist, teacher, broadcaster...
Hand-picked… and nearly here
One of the joys of putting together our hand-picked, handmade festival is seeing the programme come together as August approaches. We've been carefully assembling our biggest, boldest bill yet this...
DeadBeatz
This is a short story about a long beard. A small story about a big incident that formed the style of this band. A tale about two guys with a bass, harmonica, drums and a singer with the...
Jo Berry and Pat Magee
Jo Berry and Patrick Magee join us to talk about forgiveness as a supreme act of imagination. Dr Patrick Magee was released from prison in 1999 under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement. Whilst...
The Iona Community
The Iona Community is a dispersed Christian ecumenical community working for peace and social justice, rebuilding of community and the renewal of worship.
Ruth Bennett
Ruth loves encouraging people to grow and develop, embracing their thoughts and feelings through art. Her abstract painting focuses on colour and emotion and she promotes the use of artwork in her...
Salma Yaqoob
Salma Yaqoob is a community engagement manager at the Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust. She is a psychotherapist with a degree in Human and Applied Psychology and a postgraduate diploma...
L.A. Salami
Lookman Adekunle Salami is a man in his mid-twenties with a restless spirit and boundless creativity. He makes charming indie-folk, songs that turn intimate tales into epic anthems and big issues...
For the children of Palestine the second Balfour century has already begun
This article was written by Greenbelt friend and speaker Robert Cohen and originally published on the Patheos website on the 1 November. It is republished here in its entirety with kind permission...
Neil Messer
Neil Messer is Professor of Theology at the University of Winchester, where his research and teaching focus on Christian ethics and the relationship of science and theology. Neil began an academic...
Savi Hensman
Savitri Hensman was born in Sri Lanka in the early 1960s and lives in London. She is a writer and activist and works in the voluntary sector. Her book Sexuality, Struggle and Saintliness: Same-Sex...