A greener festival
Over the last few years we've got rid of allllmost all our single-use plastic (we're still coming for you, cable ties) and managed to halve our festival fuel consumption. Each year we measure our...
7 ways to have an excellent first Greenbelt
So your first Greenbelt's coming up. And you're sat in front of the telly wondering what on earth to pack, and how you're going to be able to see everything you want to see on the...
8 reasons for 18-25s to fall in love with Greenbelt
If you're aged 18 to 25, it can feel as if society is leaving you behind: shouldering you with massive educational debt; giving you less and less opportunity for mobility; and pricing you out of the...
Antidote To Bible Study: Part 2 – Genesis 1 in Hebrew for English Speakers
The Bible isn't a tame book, so why should its readers be? Join a biblical scholar for an hour of playful reconsideration of some familiar texts. Aimed at driving us to better questions instead of...
Speaker(s): Dr Chris MeredithTalking Reconciliation
The story of the Community of the Cross of Nails, a reconciliation movement born out of the ashes of the Coventry blitz. A conversation around the desire for unity. John Witcombe is Dean of...
Speaker(s): Craig Muir & John WitcombeMissing Women
As a twelve-month spiritual discipline, John Bell is reading only chapters of the Bible which refer to women. He will lead us to ponder together why so many of them are totally unknown by males and...
Speaker(s): John BellAfter Bowie and Prince
With the untimely deaths of Prince and David Bowie, is the age of rock stars as avatars of our better selves, pointing to a world of possibility all over? Is all we're left with nostalgia and...
Speaker(s): Steve LawsonArriving + Departing Greenbelt 2017
We know you're getting excited about Greenbelt. We guess you're probably planning and packing ?, making lists and devising menus ?, so we've a few bits of information to help you get onto site...
The Hub : For ALL your campsite needs
As you make your way down into the campsite, you'll find The Hub just before the entrance to the Festival Village on the right-hand side. The Hub is home for all your campsite needs. Whether it's...
STAYING ALIVE: A Conversation
Building on sessions that we've hosted at the festival over the past few years with artists like Bobby Baker and Jo Enright, hear author Matt Haig and disability rights advocate Katharine...
Speaker(s): Matt Haig, Katharine Welby-RobertsThou shalt not be overcome: LGBT people, our allies, and the Christian church
Human sexuality is a subject that fascinates and preoccupies the Church. What are the implications of this on LGBT people and our friends and families who are often witness to, but rarely...
Speaker(s): Ruth HuntHello to the World
Pádraig Ó Tuama has spent 20 years trying to say hello. Join him for this session of prose and poetry as he reads from his latest book and continues greeting what is beautiful, what is true and...
Speaker(s): Pádraig Ó TuamaThe Forgiveness Project: Stories for a Vengeful Age
Marina shares some of the amazing stories from her new book about her work with The Forgiveness Project – with the chance to join in discussion. Marina is an award-winning journalist and founder...
Speaker(s): Marina CantacuzinoVisual Arts for The Common Good
Greenbelt visual arts volunteer Rich Blake-Lobb takes a look at this year's Visual Arts Line-Up The visual arts programme doesn't just offer art to gaze upon, but encourages contributions,...
Savi Hensman
Savitri Hensman was born in Sri Lanka in the early 1960s and lives in London. She is a writer and activist and works in the voluntary sector. Her book Sexuality, Struggle and Saintliness: Same-Sex...