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“I’m coming home”: 40 years on and still no place to rest

Homelessness remains a major social issue 40 years after Jonny Mathis sung ‘I'm coming home'. Reflections on a series of interviews with men and women who have experienced homelessness: their...

Bluestone 42 and The Sacred Art of Swearing

James Cary talks about writing Bluestone 42 (BBC3) and the ethics of comedy, swearing and telling people to generally get stuffed in entertaining ways. Warning: session contains swearing. But we know...
Speaker(s): James Cary

2young4punk

How and why does the continuing influence of punk inspire those of us simply too young to be inspired by it at the time. A conversation hosted by Nick Welsh and Nic Hughes (who weren't there first...
Speaker(s): Nick Welsh

A Year at the Movies (2004)

Speaker(s): Gareth Higgins

34th Communion Service

On a beautiful day over two thousand years ago in Cana, Galilee, a wedding was celebrated. During that wedding feast the miraculous happened, and the guests saw a glimmer of heaven. Today we invite...

40 years of Astral Weeks

Widely considered one of the best albums ever, Belfast's Steve Stockman looks into Van Morrison's classic with the help of another Belfast boy Iain Archer. Where are ‘Cypress Avenue' and...

47 Soul

The music of 47SOUL takes Dabke – the traditional Palestinian street music and dance – to a whole new place. Deploying analogue synths, trance-inducing guitar lines and a mixture of Arabic and...

1 week. 4 numbers.

One week on from Greenbelt 2016, here are four numbers that we like: 10 That's how many big buckets full of lego you gave at the Sunday morning communion service to go out to Soweto. Thank you....

Comedy Club 4 Kids

Comedy Club 4 Kids has expanded from one London residency to countrywide, running shows and workshops all over the UK.

Handmade Future by Kirsten and Brandon Dickerson

HANDMADE FUTURE follows artisans in six countries preserving heritage, navigating the complex role of middlemen, and advancing responsible trade—pushing back against fast, cheap production to...

With a little help from our friends

It's that time of year when we can share which wonderful organisations we're partnering with for our final festival at Boughton House. We're grateful to each and every one of our partners for...

Michael Malay

Michael Malay is a teacher and writer based in Bristol. He spent his early years in Jakarta, Indonesia, before moving to Australia with his family at the age of ten. He is the author of Late Light,...

CHLOË UDEN

Chloë Uden is an artist, creative facilitator and cultural strategist working at the intersection of creativity, ecology, participation and energy transition. Formerly founder and Artistic Director...