Taking Friendship…New Levels
The Level 5 tool, and how you could maybe use it at work, with groups or in personal relationships. Pip Wilson is a youth worker, gamester, author and creator of the ‘Rolling Magazine' at...
Death Row, Guantanamo………
Human rights violations here should end, but can it be closed down if US authorities intend to send detainees back to countries where they face further persecution, torture or even death? Clive...
An Interview with Clive Stafford-Smith
Clive Stafford Smith has worked on behalf of defendants facing the death penalty in the southern United States for the last 25 years. In October 2000, he was awarded an OBE for ‘humanitarian...
Just War – Just Intervention?
Just war, just intervention? From a Cold War to Virtual War, what constitutes a just cause, who authorizes it and what might the impact be? Mike Elliott is a part-time prison chaplain and...
Gut Level Religion
Beyond church, Christianity and God in the darkness and doubt, peace in a dangerous, unpredictable world, unconditional love at the heart of the universe: the healing wisdom of the twenty-third...
Speaker(s): Dave TomlinsonMore Obligations/War on Terror
Reprieve's Legal Director Clive Stafford Smith on how western governments should practise what they preach, especially when it comes to detention without trial. Clive Stafford-Smith has worked on...
One innocent man goes free –
Reprieve's Legal Director Clive Stafford Smith and death row exoneree Nick Yarris in conversation. Clive Stafford-Smith has worked on behalf of defendants facing the death penalty in the southern...
Bob Marley – Soul Rebel?
Prophet or Rebel? A brief look at the life and work of this amazing man who still continues to influence generations 25 years after his death. Bev Thomas has worked for the last 20 years in the UK...
How do children cope with death & greavement
We used to opt out of facing children's distress by saying 'children are resilient' but we realise now that children's grief is as profound and idiosyncratic as adult grief. Sister Frances draws on...
An Interview with Sister Frances Dominica (hosted by Jonathan Mayo)
The women and men of the old orders walked with God into some of the places we never wanted to experience or imagine. Deserts. War . zones. Slums. Sister Francis has continued this tradition by...
Guns and knives and bleeding hearts
What do you do when your community is confronted by shootings and stabbings and is under siege by the media. A panel including Ann Morisy and Bob Holman unpack the problems of violence, explore the...
1967 And Beyond
Could the 1967 borders be the basis for a two-state solution in Israel-Palestine? Ilan Pappe looks at what happened in 67 and since, and where that leaves us today. Is there any hope of peace in...
That Awkward Age
Miracle birth of a new collection and an afternoon of poems to amaze and delight! McGough wrestles with mortality, seeks love in the launderette, perspires in the Foreign Legion and jives in...
Behind the sofa: when is it OK to scare the kids?
Doctor Who themed, Behind The Sofa explores the question of when is it OK to scare kids with TV? And should we? Jeff Anderson is a Church of England vicar serving in the north east of England....
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...