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Now we are 60

A sideways consideration of long life and the aging population. An opportunity to make friends with old age - it"s better than than the alternative! Ann Morisy is a freelance community theologian...

Living well locally

Is there any evidence that faith makes a positive contribution to the wellbeing of individuals and neighbourhoods? Why do so many people think religion is a bad thing? Ann Morisy is a freelance...

The Coming First World Debt Crisis

With the housing slump in the US and the widening credit crunch, a global debt crisis looms larger. With money lenders as the masters of the economy, what role do faith organisations have to play in...
Speaker(s): Ann Pettifor

I know it’s true- ‘cos I saw it on TV

The digital world poses new challenges for viewers, listeners, surfers and programme-makers. In a media-saturated culture how can we make sense of the hundreds of stories that amuse, bemuse and...
Speaker(s): Andrew Graystone

Finding myself through murder

Having started writing murder mysteries in Africa at the age of 60, Andrew felt at first as if he was just being escapist. Find out how he actually became present to himself in a new way. Andrew...

Climate change makes poverty permanent

Andrew discusses why Christian Aid has turned its attention to climate change with its Cut the Carbon campaign. Andrew Pendleton is Christian Aid's senior policy officer on climate change and...

Back to my roots

With genealogy enjoying a resurgence in popularity, Andrew shins up the family tree and considers our search for identity and belonging in the light of Christian belief. Andrew Rumsey is a South...
Speaker(s): Andrew Rumsey

The Truth Isnt Sexy Campaign

The Truth isn't Sexy': if not you then who? The campaign against sex trafficking starts with challenging the demand culture at home. Aimie and Shannon discuss how to get involved and make TTIS happen...

Time to boycott Israeli goods?

Can the pound in your pocket deliver a just peace for the Holy Land? From apartheid South Africa to multinational chocolate companies, boycotts have long focused the world's consumers on injustice....

What’s Wrong With Our Political System?

One vote every five years? First Past The Post (FPTP) in a modern democracy? Do you believe in the AV? Or perhaps STV? Or the ACDA (A Completely Different Acronym) Jonathan Bartley of think tank...

When are online communities real?

What is it that makes an online community work? After thirty years of experimentation, we ought to know. But to judge by the results we don't. What we seem to have made online is antisocial...

Bringing the funny

It is a truth universally acknowledged that contemporary readers are too sceptical to believe in happy endings. But bestseller lists suggest we still demand them and we want to laugh, too. Andrew...
Speaker(s): Andrew Tate

Tragedy or, the world of accidents

Is there any such thing as tragedy in the 21st century? What use is an old literary term worn thin by tabloid headlines about everything from sporting defeat to starvation? Is it possible to speak of...
Speaker(s): Andrew Tate

Christian Warriors

Should Christians join the military? Are Christian pacifists naively avoiding reality? Symon's faith inspires him to campaign against militarism; Mike's faith motivates his ministry as a Chaplain...

Don’t Let Them Put You Down

Is it right to assist those who are at the end of their lives, to end their lives? If not, why not? Witness statements come from Lesley Misrahi (qualified in public health and theology), George...