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Is Tax Avoidance the Greatest Barrier to a Fairer Society?

Following her performance, join theatremaker Caroline Horton and a panel of experts as they dig into the dirt around tax and tax avoidance. With Mike Truman, long-time Editor of Taxation Magazine;...
Speaker(s): David Haslam, Mike Truman, John Christensen

The Jihad Of Jesus – Part Two

Open-hearted, compassionate spirituality lets us reclaim jihad from extremists and reconsider Jesus, as he is in the Gospels: a strong-but-gentle Messianic figure who can bring Christians and Muslims...
Speaker(s): Dave Andrews

Curating the New Politics?

Faith groups are now seen as authentic and creative service providers in ‘austerity Britain'. Does their engagement create a new public space for raising political awareness? Professor Chris...
Speaker(s): Chris Baker

The Jihad Of Jesus – Part One

We are caught up in a cycle of so-called ‘holy wars'. But this is not inevitable: our religions can be a resource for overcoming conflict – if we understand the heart of all true religion as...
Speaker(s): Dave Andrews

Leadership From The Margins

In conversation with Rachel Parry, hear the extraordinary story of how a young girl, growing up as a Dalit in a rural area, became the first female bishop in India. Bishop Pushpa Lalitha, against...
Speaker(s): Bishop Pushpa Lalitha

Why Are We Still Locking People Up And Throwing Away The Key?

Our society sends lots of people to prison and often writes them off after release. They struggle to find homes, work and community. But could things be different, with no one unfairly disadvantaged...
Speaker(s): Catherine De Souza

Creating Wow With Humility: Working with Artists to Celebrate Birmingham Cathedral’s 300th Birthday

Catherine Ogle and Orit Azaz explore the key questions they faced in devising an artistic vision and programme for a cathedral's tercentenary – one that inspires mass participation and is unique...
Speaker(s): Catherine Ogle, Orit Azaz

Interfaith Relations

Speaker(s): Anjum Anwar

Inside: Reflections on the Prison System

Inside: Reflections on the Prison System Writer, presenter and human rights journalist Bidisha discusses her work in women's prisons and the sometimes blackly funny, sometimes heartbreaking stories...
Speaker(s): Bidisha

Utopiary for Beginners

Cohousing is a way of living that emphasises sharing and mutual support without sacrificing privacy. Residents share experiences of setting up a group, finding a site, designing houses, and what...

XLP

After the success of XLP's first X-Mobile recording studio, they are returning to Greenbelt with a brand new, never been used before, X-Mobile studio. The X-Mobile Project is an amazing youth...

Cliff Mills

Cliff is a solicitor who writes constitutions for co-operative, mutual and member-based organisations. These have included the leading retail co-operatives societies, NHS Foundation Trusts, tenant...

Justin Thacker

Former doctor and international development worker Justin is a writer and lecturer in practical and public theology at Cliff College, Derbyshire.

Alison Inglis-Jones

A board member of the Trussell Trust, Alison is a food bank volunteer with twenty years' voluntary sector experience.

Revd Mark Umpleby

Mark is an Anglican Priest in the United Benefice of Batley in the Diocese of Leeds. Mark was ordained 18 years ago – working in parishes in Birstall, Huddersfield and a school chaplain for 7...