Feminism, Interrupted: Disrupting Power
Plastered over t-shirts and tote bags, the word 'feminist' has entered the mainstream and is fast becoming a popular slogan for our generation. But feminism isn't a commodity up for purchase; it's a...
Speaker(s): Lola OlufemiLosing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild Sunday
For centuries, we have acted on an intuition that we need communion with the wild to feel well. Now, as we migrate away from the rest of nature, scientific evidence is emerging to confirm its place...
Speaker(s): Lucy JonesHow to Consume the News While Staying Sane
24 hours of news a day, but only one human body to process it all – come and learn how to manage your consumption, engage meaningfully and maybe even learn to hope about the future of the dreaded...
Speaker(s): Leena NormsDigital Busking: Crowdfunding, Online Community And Making Art in the New Economy
We know that the art that needs making, the stories that need telling and the best innovations don't always get funded by The Big Guys. Learn about self-funding your creative practice and building a...
Speaker(s): Leena NormsLeroy Logan In Conversation
Candid conversation with Leroy Logan, founding member of the Black Police Association, “who risked everything to fight racism in the police force – from within" (Guardian). His story, underpinned...
Speaker(s): Leroy LoganPandemical Faith and Doubt
Omnipresence used to be associated with God. But both the pandemic and the Ukraine war have exhibited a similar all-pervading quality. There is no neat answer to where God is or has been in all of...
Speaker(s): John BellInheritance Tracks – For Our Children’s Children
Is the disenchantment of Gen Z a passing phase? Or is it a protest against a future they do not want to inherit? What kind of world is the current generation of adults, whether 'influencers' or not,...
Speaker(s): John BellCreating Sanctuary Space For Gypsies and Travellers
Jonathan Herbert and Billy Welch outline how the criminalisation of trespass that is part of the new Police Bill is part of a larger picture of racism against Travellers. They introduce a creative...
Speaker(s): Jonathan HerbertGreen Pop – In Conversation with Jeremy Loops
Before ever he was a global music star, Jeremy Loops was busking the streets of Cape Town to raise money for local environmental projects. As the co-founder of Green Pop – focussing on sustainable...
Speaker(s): Jeremy LoopsClimate, Race and Privilege
Climate change divides along racial lines, both in its causes and its impacts. Why is this? And what do we do about it? Following directly on from Christian Aid's panel discussion on Why the...
Speaker(s): Jeremy WilliamsNo Home, No Homeland: Israel’s Policy of Demolishing Palestinian Homes
The demolition of Palestinian homes in order to push the Palestinian population into disconnected enclaves is crucial to what major human rights organisations call Israel's apartheid system. Who...
Speaker(s): Jeff HalperChurch – The Two Thousand Year Experiment
If you've ever been part of a church then you've been part of a long-running mass experiment which many say has now run its course. Have we learned all we can from this extended test of faith? Is...
Speaker(s): Jane Shaw, Linda Woodhead, Brian McLarenLost In Trans-lation
A panel of trans and non-binary Greenbelters share their perspectives and invite your questions on what, in media discourse, has become one of the most weaponised and politicised of culture wars, but...
Speaker(s): Jay HulmeOne Democratic State In Palestine/Israel: It’s Time
One country, one citizenship, one parliament and one shared civil society, in which the national, ethnic and religious identities of all the country's peoples also find expression. What would such...
Speaker(s): Jeff HalperThe Lightless Sky: An Afghan Refugee Boy’s Journey of Escape to a New Life in Britain
Former child refugee Gulwali Passarlay tells how he miraculously survived the harrowing year-long journey from Afghanistan to the UK on his own. Young and old alike will come to understand the...
Speaker(s): Gulwali Passarlay