Acts of the Imagination
A first few thoughts on the theme for Greenbelt 2018 from Creative Director Paul Northup. Since we moved to our new festival site in 2012, our themes have been quite practical – about our...
The eight weirdest things in Greenbelt storage
It takes a lot of stuff to fill the Greenbelt site and make it work as it should. And once the festival's over, all that stuff has to go somewhere. Thankfully, our friends at Safestore gave us a...
First steps to a happy future in the West Bank
A blog by our Associate Embrace the Middle East ... The first steps to a happy future in the West Bank… By the end of the Greenbelt this summer, festival-goers had sponsored 215 Olive Trees,...
T-shirt replacements
When we heard that some of our lovely Greenbelt '17 t-shirts lost their print in the wash, we cried. But then we picked up the phone, told the t-shirt printer, and they offered to print new t-shirts...
Greenbelt wins ‘Act of Independence’ award
Continuing our award-winning streak in 2017, we've just bagged the prestigious independent festivals ‘Act of Independence' award for our showcasing of Muslim art and culture in partnership with...
Here’s what we’re hearing
We're beginning to pore through the feedback you gave us in our post-festival survey. Thanks! Almost 1,500 of you completed the questions for us. And it's always so incredible and helpful working...
The Top 10 Reads from #gb17
Our Christian media partner Church Times reveals your Top Ten Reads from #gb17 ... Drumroll please ... from G-Books (the festival bookshop), here are the ten best-selling books at Greenbelt this...
Jack Monroe at Greenbelt 2017
This year, we were thrilled to welcome Jack Monroe to Greenbelt. Jack falls into the you-need-to-ask-four-or-five-years-in-a-row category of festival contributor. Along with the likes of Billy Bragg....
Charles Handy at Greenbelt 2017
A personal reflection on the great man's visit to Greenbelt 2017 from Paul Northup, Greenbelt's Creative Director … If you're of my vintage (clears throat: half a century or so on this...
9 ways to hang on to that festival feeling
The Greenbelt weekend – with its reams of talks, art and conversation – can be a pretty mind-altering, life-changing experience. But even the most intense experiences fade over time as summer...
Murmuration at Greenbelt 2017
One of the most amazing things about this year's festival was Murmuration, a commissioned, site-specific installation of delicate birds, suspended above the walkway towards the 'Other Side of the...
Hot House: Religion leads to violence. It always has and always will
Since 9/11, and stretching back centuries before, the worst atrocities committed against humanity have been motivated by religious conviction and difference. And things don't seem to be getting...
Speaker(s): Salma Yaqoob, Clive Stafford Smith, Sahar Vardi, Origami with Lisa-Raine HuntIsrael / 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 ChalkWomen 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...