The Beginnings of Fiction
Longbourn: Pride and Prejudice was only half the story…
This isn’t the sort of thing that happens to someone like you
Speaker(s): Jon McGregor
What does it mean to put faith in fiction?
How to be a journalist in the digital age
Bidisha is a writer, critic and TV and radio broadcaster. She signed her first novel deal, with HarperCollins, at 16. She writes for the Guardian, the Financial Times, New Statesman, New Humanist and...
Speaker(s): BidishaWelcome to My World: A Novel Invitation
Literature 40: looking back
Speaker(s): Andrew Tate
Literature 40: looking forward
Speaker(s): Andrew Tate
Life begins with cancer
Speaker(s): Anthony Wilson
What’s the purpose of marriage?
Is marriage a deep personal experience blessed by God or a tool used by the state? If it's about having kids, what about those that can't or don't want to? If it's about a lifelong...
Speaker(s): John Bell, Marika RoseWithout football I’d probably be dead
Four inspirational stories of how – with the right protection, rehab and opportunities – children can leave street life behind and say to the world “I am somebody” through the power of...
The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass
Adrian Plass, a bemused Anglican, lives in a small market town. He is a writer and speaker who has produced more than 30 books in the past 20 years.
What Women (In The Church) Want
What do women want for a church that has been run by men? How will things change as they become bishops? What would the Christian tradition look like if the patriarchs hadn't eclipsed the...
Speaker(s): Lucy Winkett, Vicky Beeching, Marika Rose, Rachel MannWhat’s on the plinth?
The world is the poor’s and everything in it?
In South America the church has proved itself as a vehicle of liberation of the poor. In what ways could this inform the church in the current economic recession? Does this focus remove biblical...
Speaker(s): Margaret Hebblethwaite