Half-Changed World
Amid the multiple crises of pandemic, war, climate emergency and AI dominance, Lucy Winkett explores the resources faith offers for navigating a world that is not more secular, but more furiously...
Speaker(s): Lucy WinkettDark Night
Martha Sprackland reads her luminous translations of poems and prose by 16th-century Spanish mystic John of the Cross. His immediate, sensual writing swings between light and dark, desperation and...
Speaker(s): Martha SpracklandLiturgies of the Wild
Modern Christianity often seems to forget the contemplative, mythic and imaginative. Martin Shaw prescribes, ancient technologies, story, ecology, liturgy and rites of passage, to deepen the...
Speaker(s): Martin Shaw, Elizabeth OldfieldPoetry and Social Justice
In this hour of conversation with Pádraig Ó Tuama, Puerto Rican American poet Martín Espada, known for his commitment to justice, will read poems and discuss the themes of his art, and share his...
Speaker(s): Martín Espada, Pádraig Ó TuamaRage Against the Machine
Many of us feel the pull of righteous anger. But does our anger disrupt the machine, or fuel it? Matt draws lessons from parenting, priesthood and Jesus to learn how to resist injustice without being...
Speaker(s): Matt WayLate Light
Author Michael Malay ponders how we can hold together the everyday miracles of the natural world with a political world of hostile immigration policies and rising inequality. Can our animal...
Speaker(s): Michael MalayMeet the artist
Persuaded by his good friend (and ours) Martyn Joseph, the National Treasure that is Michael Sheen dials in from his family holiday to join us at Greenbelt to talk all things acting, arts, activism...
Speaker(s): Michael Sheen, Martyn JosephA Better Tomorrow
In 2020, Mina Smallman's daughters were murdered in a London park. The first woman of colour to be an Archdeacon in the Church of England, Mina campaigns for justice for them, and for a better, more...
Speaker(s): Mina Smallman, Cole MoretonSecret Special (Saturday)
Who will it be this evening? Come along to find out who is the secret special guest on the Hope and Anchor bar stool, where, as always, the conversation will be free-flowing, gritty and real....
Speaker(s): Mobeen AzharBoycott, Divestment and Sanctions: Ending Complicity in Israels Genocide & Apartheid
Palestinian human rights defender Omar Bargouti reveals the power of boycotts, divestment and sanctions in defeating Israel's apartheid policies and in challenging the complicity of international...
Speaker(s): Omar BarghoutiPower of Play
Play fuels wellbeing, creativity and connection. It doesn't need a reason or a rule. We just need space, time and permission to play. Join us for an interactive, energising session where we'll...
Speaker(s): PlayfulWhat Do We Do About Christian Nationalism?
Far right politicians and movements regularly turn to Christianity to evoke a sense of nationalism and belonging. But is this tendency heretical or heartfelt? And how should the church respond?
Speaker(s): Luke Bretherton, Chine McDonald, The Rev Canon Dr Duncan Dormor, USPGNormally Weird. Weirdly Normal.
After a life-long struggle with sadness and self-doubt, at 52, comedian Robin Ince was diagnosed with ADHD. Here he explores the world of neurodivergence and to ask what normal really is, and whether...
Speaker(s): Robin InceLove, Fear and Action
What motivates us to act for the places we love? RSPB Youth Council members Freddie Emms, Kae Wrenn and Sennen Powell share their personal journeys into activism and explore the power of the youth...
Speaker(s): RSPB Youth CouncilHow to Survive a World in Crisis
Ruth Valerio's new book offers a biblical vision for how we sustain hope, rebuff cynicism and keep working for justice and ecological flourishing in a world that can overwhelm us with its heartbreak...
Speaker(s): Ruth Valerio