Finding your feet in a church full of families
Being on your own in church can be hard. We're told we're all part of the same body. Does that really match your experience? Can we contribute to church life when we feel marginalised? What can...
Speaker(s): Sara BattsA more ethical Wedding
A workshop on organising a more ethical wedding. Weddings don't need to cost £20K to be good, or use huge amounts of resources on things you will never use again. Some of the best weddings are...
Alcohol: Britain’s Holy Grail
Brits spend in pubs three times what they spend on theatre, cinema and bingo combined. Government policy on tackling alcohol abuse has been weak, but with politicians being influenced by public...
Called to Order?
Do you want to know how the Church of England chooses its clergy? A seminar for personal enquirers, and anyone who is curious, led by a Diocesan director of ministry and former director of ordinands,...
Celebrity Chefs: Gnostic Christians
The Western obsession with food has become idolatrous. Our overemphasis on meat and fish creates damaging consequences for the environment, world hunger, and animal welfare. There are Biblical...
Co-operatives: Working Together for a Fairer World
From Fairtrade coffee growers in South America to snake charmers in India, cooperative enterprises have been building a fairer world for their members for over 200 years. This workshop will explore...
Josephine Cocoran
Josephine is a poet, playwright, and short story writer. She founded and edits online poetry journal And Other Poems.
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...
Mary Bijou Cabaret & Social Club presents The End of ,,, Cabaret
The brainchild of George Fuller and Anna Sandreuter, Mary Bijou Cabaret & Social Club create events that include the audience as participants.
Nick Parker & the False Alarms
Greenbelters of a certain vintage will remember Nick as a member of the legendary Why? and now he's back with a folk/country/rock band in tow. Always cheerful, ever passionate, the False Alarms...
Jasper in the Company of Others
Jasper in the Company of Others are a five piece folk rock, folk pop act based in the East and West Midlands UK. Jumping the nest in 2013, this year sees JITCOO set for great things. Super human...
Nancy Campbell
Nancy Campbell is a poet and writer dedicated to developing innovative literature projects to engage audiences with environmental issues.
Rebecca Goss
Rebecca Goss' second collection Her Birth (Carcanet/Northern House 2013), was shortlisted for The 2013 Forward Prize for Best Collection, The Warwick Prize for Writing 2015 and The Portico Prize for...
Sasha Dugdale
Sasha Dugdale is a poet and a translator of poetry and drama. She has published three collections of poetry.
Anna Rowlands
Dr Anna Rowlands is deputy director of the University of Durham's Centre for Catholic Studies. She researches migration, religion and politics.