Shooting Economics
Through shooting economics for TV, Faisal Islam has begun to question how economics is presented on TV. He looks at how to visualise essentially nebulous financial concepts such as boom and bust,...
Hard House / Happy House
How would you design your own “smart” home? Come and hear about the “Homesense” design project, which brought the collaborative design methods of online communities to the physical...
Palestine and the Arab revolution: An overview of current events in the Middle East and the future for the Palestinians
A review of the recent changes in the Arab world and their effect on the Palestinian question. This session will give a picture of the current political situation, assess the significance of the...
The Sisterhood: What have we in common?
Are men from Mars and women from Venus? Is the developed world for the conquerors and the developing world for the victims? A cultural and spiritual interpretation of Black Christian faith, the role...
Off With Their Heads
Monarchy is so hard-wired into our constitution that if we tried to unplug it, everything would fall apart. Plus, they do great weddings. Or maybe an elitist hereditary monarchy, bankrolled by the...
Speaker(s): Bob Holman, Cole MoretonDoes My Society Look Big in This?
Ed Cox is the director of the Institute for Public Policy Research North and chair of the Inspire Church and Community Centre in Manchester. Before that he was an advisor to Hazel Blears MP in her...
Hacked Off With The Press?
Church Times' editor Paul Handley asks leading British journalists about public trust in the press following damning revelations about how some newspapers have been routinely collecting stories....
Dawkins, Hawking and the Simpsons: Science and religion in the media
The dialogue of science and religion is often mediated through the pronouncements of celebrity scientists, science fiction and comedy. David Wilkinson takes us on a tour of this world, seeing both...
As British as Fish & Chips?
A look at Muslim identity today and how it may be adapting itself to modern-day Britain. Dilwar Hussain is director of the Islamic Foundation. His research interests include Islam in the modern...
Abolitionist Conversations: Can technology and social media be a catalyst for real social change
Two of the foremost leaders in their fields, the professor David Batstone and Erik Lammerding, come together for a creative discussion that will explore innovative ways in which technology, social...
The Dalit Struggle for Liberation and Humanity
Some 300 million people worldwide suffer from caste discrimination, the majority in India, the former “untouchables”. They have the most menial tasks in their societies and are treated as lesser...
Speaker(s): David Haslam, Garth HewittDon’t shoot the messenger
After the revolutions that swept the Arab world via Facebook this spring, an experienced war journalist asks if there is still a place for traditional reporters in the mainstream media. BBC foreign...
A Just Church
What does liberation theology actually look like in 21st century Britain? How can the church respond faithfully to issues like war, climate change and vast global inequalities. Chris Howson explores...
Dancing in Millbank
Chris Howson reflects on the growing resistance to the cutbacks in society. How might churches respond in solidarity with students, workers, those on benefits and anyone else struggling under the...
Friendship, 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...