Israel / Palestine: No Fit State
Two State? One State? Not fit state? What hope is there for a just peace in Israel-Palestine, when the world (and Israel) seems so content with the status quo? And might the brazenness of Trump...
Speaker(s): Peter Oborne, Robert Cohen, Sahar Vardi, Muhanad Al Qaisy, Karen ChalkTwo degrees of separation
Following the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, when the world committed itself to safeguarding a 'two-degree world' (not allowing global warming to rise by more than two degrees centigrade because...
Speaker(s): Natalie Bennett, Christian Aid, Most Revd Dr Winston Halapua, Mohamed AdowHidden 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 McDonaldWomen in Herstory
Herstory is a project that connects art, activism and education by using famous examples of feminist art to engage people of all genders with women's (often forgotten) history. Join founder, Alice...
Speaker(s): Alice WroeIsrael and Palestine: How did we end up here?
After 6 decades of conflict, the situation in Israel and Palestine continues to be marked by occupation, fear, violence, poverty and the routine denial of human rights. How did we end up here? In the...
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 TuamaINTER-ACT: Where video games go next
Games and culture don't usually mix. But what if they did? We ask Simon Parkin, New Yorker writer and Iain Simons, CEO Nation Videogame Foundation, whether video-games offer more to society than...
Speaker(s): Andy RobertsonINTER-ACT: Loss, Cancer, and Minecraft: A playable poem about saying goodbye
Andy Robertson, Adam Clarke, Victoria BennettJoin Minecraft artist and Stampy collaborator, Adam Clarke, and poet, Victoria Bennett, as they share their unique playable Minecraft poem “My...
Speaker(s): Andy RobertsonINTER-ACT: How Video- games matter
Call of Duty, Minecraft, Grand Theft Auto, Pokemon or Roblox. You or someone you love plays a lot of video-games, or watches hundreds of hours of other people playing them on YouTube. Join Andy for a...
Speaker(s): Andy RobertsonParable and Paradox
Malcolm Guite explores poems he has written on the sayings of Jesus, along with a sneak preview of his soon to be published book Love, Remember. Poet-priest Malcolm Guite is chaplain of Girton...
Speaker(s): Malcolm GuiteWhat we talk about when we talk about faith, doubt, hope & love
Scribbling fieldnotes for living a good life and drawing on their forthcoming book The 95, longterm Greenbelters Malcolm Doney and Martin Wroe wonder if there's another way of talking about all...
Speaker(s): Malcolm Doney, The 95, Martin WroeHow to talk about Israel/ Palestine without getting your knickers in a twist
When it comes to the Palestinian and Israeli conflict, feelings on both sides of the divide run high. Accusations are flung like confetti with words like war-crimes and antisemitism peppering the...
Run for your life
Running builds resilience, says Jenny Baker. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer, her instinct was to keep running. She ran throughout her treatment and will tell her own and others' stories...
Speaker(s): Jenny Baker11 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...