Muhanad Al Qaisy
Born and living in Bethlehem, Muhanad leads the Olive Tree Campaign, raising international awareness of the realities of occupied Palestine.
‘Longing Belonging and Balfour’ show by Chai For All
Chai For All started life as a klezmer/jazz duo and now includes a clarinet, an oud, a derabukka and more.
A piece of Palestine at Greenbelt 2017
Paul Northup, Greenbelt's Creative Director, outlines the range of Palestinian programming at this year's festival and why a focus on Israel-Palestine remains fundamental to the festival's...
Jordan Mackampa
Troubabour Jordan brings his experience of three cities – Kinshasa, London and Coventry – to the table, wraps it up into a jazzy, folky parcel, ands tops it off with a seasoned, soulful, smoky...
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi
A lawyer, a businesswoman, a campaigner and a cabinet minister, Sayeeda Warsi has had many roles, but she is best known for being the first Muslim to serve in a British cabinet. In August 2014 she...
Eco Tee Bags
Emma Duck leads Eco Tee-Bags workshops at festivals and events and now in secondary schools in partnership with Leicestershire County Council.
Willow Weaving with Jon White
Jon White is a Basket Maker from the Malvern Hills and has 26 years experience of making willow baskets and teaching others. Jon has been influenced by Irish techniques and favours heavy rods to...
A Guide To Online Dating
How To Date Online dating can be the way to a new life, or it can be a confusing rollercoaster. What are the secrets of making it work? How do we make good choices? And how do we avoid the bad bits?...
Speaker(s): Jackie EltonThe Importance Of Elsewhere: Travelling With Literature
Andrew explores the figure of the traveller from the book of Genesis to 21st-century fiction. Join him on the road and follow the literary journeys of, among others, John Bunyan, Jack Kerouac, Annie...
Speaker(s): Andrew TateGoth Eucharist
The Spirituality of the Long Distance Runner
An individual, private discipline that can also be conducted in large gatherings. A whole industry that markets products and solutions to its adherents. A religion, right? Yes: running. A...
Speaker(s): Jenny BakerCinematic States and the Stories We Tell
Join film critic Gareth Higgins on a journey through the American Dreamlife as explored in his new book Cinematic States. What are critics for, how do the stories we tell interact with our own...
Speaker(s): Gareth HigginsPreacher Girl: The peril and promise of proclamation
Writing a sermon can feel like a wrestling match between the preacher and the text; a match in which the preacher should not walk away before demanding a blessing from that text for their community....
Speaker(s): Nadia Bolz-WeberFriendship, the Forgotten Gift
The best friendships are kind, intimate, loving, affectionate and fun. If they offer so much, why are they often so low on our list of priorities? Clare Catford argues that as we learn to befriend...
As you set out for Ithaka / hope the voyage is a long one…
Like Odysseus, we're all trying to find our way home. In some ways it's a paradoxical search, driving us to leave the familiar behind and journey into the unknown. But what kind of home should we...