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We Have More in Common than Divides Us

A guest blog in the wake of the General Election from our associate partners, Citizens UK. MPs and Citizens Working Together for the Common Good. Citizens UK, the national community organising...

Bridget Minamore

Bridget Minamore is a poet and journalist from south-east London. She was shortlisted to be London's first Young Poet Laureate and is part of the Brainchild Festival creative team. In 2015 she was...

Zoe Lyons

Zoe's trademark high energy, brilliantly observed routines and sharply written material have left her with an ever-growing fan base. In 2015 she won both the Comedian's Comedian Award and Chortle...

Cultural Crossroads by Eva Mileusnic

Eva is a second generation British-Hungarian. Her work focuses on memory, identity and belonging, especially in the life of exiles and migrants.

Allotment Gallery: artists’ call

The Allotment Gallery is a pop-up art gallery in a garden shed at Greenbelt Festival. Every four hours – for the duration of the festival – the exhibition changes and a different artist takes...

The Big Shift

From way back when, Greenbelt has made room to engage with the impacts of Climate Change. In the early 1990s, Midnight Oil thundered through a set on the mainstage, with Peter Garrett, their lead...

Can We Re-Imagine Marriage?

A conversation with Linda Woodhead, Adam Dinham, Sara Miles and Robert Song – hosted by Vicky Beeching Is marriage as an institution so inherently straight and patriarchal that it can't be the...
Speaker(s): Robert Song, Linda Woodhead, Sara Miles, Vicky Beeching

Salvation And The Inconvenience Of Other People

Salvation And The Inconvenience Of Other People Jesus said ‘where two or more are gathered, I will be with you.' But what if the second person gathered with you is totally annoying? Sara Miles...
Speaker(s): Nadia Bolz-Weber, Sara Miles

This House Believes The 2015 Election Will Make No Significant Difference To The Future of Britain

Motion: This house believes the 2015 Election will make no significant difference to the future of Britain. For: Martin Newell (Catholic Worker Network) and Louise Donkin (SPEAK) Against: Gavin...
Speaker(s): Louise Donkin, Andy Flannagan

We’re Not An Issue, We’re A Gift

A conversation with Tracey Byrne, Pádraig Ó Tuama, Karl Rutledge hosted by Rachel Mann As the church has tied itself in knots over matters of sexuality, the casualties have often been LGBT people...
Speaker(s): Rachel Mann, Rev. Richard Coles, Pádraig Ó Tuama

Communion

With Rev. Becca Stevens, Thistle Farms and the Sisters of Magdalene, Mpho Tutu, Marcus and Levi Hummons Travelling light means we travel together, bearing one another's burdens and joys, and...
Speaker(s): Psalm Drummers, Becca Stevens, Thistle Farms (and the Sisters of Magdalene), Mpho Tutu, Marcus Hummon, Levi Hummon, Matt Beckingham

Politics In Your Village, Not The Westminster Village

While 38 Degrees, Change.org and WriteToThem.com make it easier than ever to give politicians our views, engagement with mainstream politics is at an all-time low. Explore the background to our...
Speaker(s): Joe Walker, Sarah Hutt

Poor TV?

With Owen Jones, Kieran Smith (Director of Benefits Street) and Lily Caprani (The Children's Society) Chaired by Rhian Roberts When Benefits Street hit our screens it provoked responses from...
Speaker(s): Owen Jones

The Future Of Campaigning

With Mpho Tutu, Hannah Lownsbrough, Al Roxburgh (Christian Aid) and Tom Baker (BOND) Chaired by Ben Hewitt Defending funding for rural schools in Thailand. Stopping the US President fast-track...
Speaker(s): Ben Hewitt, Hannah Lownsbrough, Mpho Tutu, Alasdair Roxburgh, Tom Baker

Lifting The Weight Of Debt

With Tim Jones, Heather Roy, Michael Northcott and Katie Curtis Chaired by Kit Beazley 1 in 5 in the UK are living with serious debt. Across Europe public services are being slashed to pay for bank...
Speaker(s): Michael Northcott, Kit Beazley, Tim Jones