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Hidden in plain sight? Bringing black women into focus

Rozella Haydée White, Chibundu Onuzo and Saraiya Bah.The film Hidden Figures highlighted the wider truth about women of colour being largely invisible despite the crucial roles they have played in...
Speaker(s): The 9 Beats Collective: Rozella Haydée White, Chibundu Onuzo, Saraiya Bah, Chine McDonald

Dodgy Theology and Dodgy Politics : The Rise of ISIS, the Far Right and Trump – co-incidence or connected?

Asking if all the above is a coincidence or somehow connected, Salma Yaqoob explores the mainstreaming of Islamophobia through policies such as Trump's ‘Muslim ban', arguing that this is just...
Speaker(s): Salma Yaqoob

The Art of the Collect

The form of collect is as elegant as a sonnet. It's got five folds, and has poetry and intention at its heart. Join Pádraig Ó Tuama reading poetry and prayers from his new collection of Collects,...
Speaker(s): Pádraig Ó Tuama

The Word of Reprieve

The Common Good? The death penalty, torture, rendition, detention without trial and assassination: Donald Trump's solutions to the world's problems. Awarded an OBE for "humanitarian services", Clive...
Speaker(s): Clive Stafford Smith

Scriptural Reasoning Remixed

Engage in a fun and thoughtful conversation around the music and lyrics that move us as spiritual people. Join Rachel Rose Reid, Abdalhamid Evans and Simon Jones as they discuss the songs that move...
Speaker(s): Rachel Rose Reid, Abdalhamid Evans

11 alternative ways we worshipped at Greenbelt 2017

Worship. Contrary to popular belief, it's not just tambourines and waving your hands in the air. In fact, it can be a heck of a lot of different things. And at Greenbelt, we like to make the space...

Please Bring a Body

The Festival Communion service at Greenbelt 2017 put access and inclusion at its heart. Here you'll find all the words from the service to download and share and use – along with the story and...

7 of the most Greenbelt things about Greenbelt

Every festival has those things that set them apart. Glastonbury has the Pyramid Stage. End of the Road has its peacocks. Burning Man has, well, a massive burning man.  But what about Greenbelt?...

Amal artist in residence – Greenbelt 2017

As a part of AMAL @ Greenbelt (a brand new venue and programme this summer, showcasing Muslim art, culture, thought and spirituality) we are excited to introduce Mohammed Ali as our 2017/18...

The Far Side of the Lake …

In the fading light at the end of a long day, and from a good way away, you can start to see something special emerging for this year's festival ... on the far side of the lake.  Just beyond the...

The Bank of The Common Good

Our Partner Christian Aid presents…The Bank of The Common Good We're so close to the Festival now, we can almost touch it! We can't wait to welcome you all into our Christian Aid venue...

Festival etiquette: to shower or not to shower?

A guest blog from our sponsor The Church Housing Trust  Some festivalgoers cannot bear the thought of not washing for three days and will either have booked a shower or be planning to queue for...

Walking the way into the future

A guest blog from Revd Peter Ball of our sponsor Westminster College These are exciting times full of new opportunities for all of us. Here at Westminster College  Cambridge, as we look to further...

A-Level Results

A guest blog from By Emma Temple, MA student at Leeds and SCM General Council Deputy Convenor on behalf of our Associate Student Christian Movement Everyone remembers the feeling of opening their...

G-Books – Your Greenbelt Festival Bookshop

from Our Partner : The Church Times The Church House Bookshop team are looking forward to returning to Greenbelt later this month. We're bringing our pop-up bookshop, G-books, back to the...