Why did the COVID narrative collapse?
Why are there so many conflicting stories about the origin and spread of COVID and the consequences of our pandemic response? Is there a single truth? How could we have done better in the face of the...
Speaker(s): Sunetra GuptaRadical Funerals
Ru Callender has been a self-taught radical undertaker for over 20 years, setting up The Green Funeral Company in 1999 and described in The Good Funeral Guide as one of 'The best undertakers of all...
Speaker(s): Ru CallenderTrans Liberation and Feminist Futures
The trans liberation and feminist movements have a long shared history. Ruth Pearce will discuss mutual struggle and collaboration in campaigns for sex equality and gender freedom. Join her to hear...
Speaker(s): Ruth PearceThe invisible infrastructure of climate change
In our fight to avoid dangerous climate change, science is pulling its punches, diplomacy is picking the wrong battles, and economics has been fighting for the other side. Simon Sharpe argues we must...
Speaker(s): Simon SharpeCounter-Cultural Community: living a ‘very common life’
The idea of living in community can sound a little odd, perhaps almost impossible. How do you genuinely live 'in common' while treasuring diversity? How can you connect deeply to justice concerns...
Speaker(s): Martin Wroe, Iona CommunityMad World
Exploring the history of asylums and psychiatry; the relationship between disability justice, queer liberation and mental health; art and creativity; prisons and abolition; and alternative models of...
Speaker(s): Micha Frazer-CarrollPalestine: the compass of injustice and dignity
On being a Palestinian: living in Palestine and in the diaspora. Engaging questions of faith, liberation and oppression for a silenced, oppressed, and struggling community, torn apart by apartheid....
Speaker(s): Muna NassarDisability and Justice: Prophets on the Edge
Disabled people have long been seen as objects of the church's ministry, outreach and care. Yet many of us are speaking back with a prophetic call for disability justice, in a world and church that...
Speaker(s): Naomi Lawson Jacobs & Emily RichardsonBurned Out Fighting For Climate Justice
We are no longer talking about climate predictions - the crisis is happening now. But we must neither throw our hands up in defeat nor hide away in despair. The planet, its people and other creatures...
Speaker(s): Ruth ValerioLiving within the Doughnut: Business and social purpose
Doughnut Economics is being globally adopted by governments and communities. Chaired by Rebecca Harvey (editor of Co-operative News), hear from DEAL'S Enrich Sahan about the latest tool for...
Speaker(s): David AlcockWild Christianity
Storyteller and award-winning author Dr Martin Shaw is claiming that Christianity has forgotten it's a dream. What on earth does he mean? Through fairy tale, personal anecdote and reflections on his...
Speaker(s): Martin ShawShooting the messenger – is our freedom to protest disappearing?
Disruptive protest has been vital in the struggle to secure justice and social change. As the environmental emergency intensifies and climate protesters are desperately seeking change, the government...
Speaker(s): Melanie Nazareth, Jonathan HerbertIn the beginning, God made bisexuals
Mining the memories embedded in his acclaimed memoir, Out of the Woods, Luke Turner explores how forests can help us find new understandings and happiness in our human sexuality. Luke is a writer and...
Speaker(s): Luke TurnerTheology For the End of the World
It feels like the world is ending. In the midst of apocalyptic times it's tempting to cling on tightly to what we still have. But what if our desire to save the world is part of the problem? Marika...
Speaker(s): Marika RosePower to the green pound!
Money can feel like a taboo or complex topic, but we can't afford not to talk about it. The world's future is powered by financial decision makers, but you have power and agency too. Explore how you...
Speaker(s): JustMoney Movement