Abandoning Gaza: Israel’s seige and international responsibility
Abandoning Gaza: Israel's siege and international responsibility Israel imposed a siege on Gaza in 2007, resulting in a humanitarian crisis which intensified during Operation Cast Lead, Israel's...
In conversation
From Lud Heat to Hackney: That Rose-Red Empire, Iain Sinclair's work has offered distinctive and provocative interpretations of ‘place' and its significance. In conversation with...
Orbital walks & linear rides: Journeys through the English badlands
Iain Sinclair unpacks the literary genre sometimes described as ‘psychogeography'. Iain Sinclair While St. John declared that in the incarnation ‘the word became flesh' and God walked among...
Happy birthday John Calvin – rediscovering the reformer
An economy in chaos, the breakdown of society, a church losing power and influence, all driven by a revolution in communication technology. This is the Europe that John Calvin grew up in 500 years...
India beating out of time
The Dalits are often described as the largest oppressed group in the world. Find out who they are with musical input from Dalit musicians, whose ‘unclean' animal-skin drums have become a sign of...
Images of Islamophobia
Humera looks at the historical framing of Islam and Muslims and how that has developed over the century to the present day. Humera Khan is one of the most important Muslim voices speaking and...
Keeping your cool in the eye of the storm
How can you stay in touch with God when criticised or unpopular? Come and find out why the Beatitudes say ‘Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake'. Followed by Q&A.Gene...
Sexuality and spirituality: keeping them together
Everyone wants to put their sexuality and their spirituality together, but how does one do that in a sex-crazed and sexdenying culture – not to mention in a church that advises, ‘Just say...
Tipping the balance through fairtrade
We all know a good cup of Fairtrade coffee offers a better deal for farmers and workers in the developing world. But how did Fairtrade become such an important global movement? Harriet Lamb has been...
Hospitality
Hospitality in 2009 – what does it look, feel, sound and taste like to you? Come and share a hospitality story with us. Bring a photo to show. Bring your lunch. And maybe some food to share? Hosted...
Life in Bethlehem under Israeli occupation
What's it like to be Christian at Christmas in Jesus' birthplace now the majority population are Muslim? Or spending three hours each morning passing through a checkpoint? Find out from someone...
Change the world in an hour
We Are What We Do first hit public consciousness with Change the World for a Fiver and then the I'm Not a Plastic Bag bag. Hear a co-founder share her thoughts on why the organisation has been so...
How an Irishman from Scotland brought Christianity to England
St Aidan inspired a model of mission that works at every level of society, crossing deep cultural barriers. His followers ‘lived as they taught'. Can we? Gavin Wakefield was, until recently,...
Homosexuality: What the Bible says & why it matters
Debates about homosexuality are based on what people think the Bible says about the subject – but is what we've been taught really what the Bible says? Gene Robinson Beginnings are important....
Development in a downturn
While growing global interdependence has accelerated, progress in fighting poverty, the global downturn coupled with threats from climate change and conflict could reverse this. But our very...