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A Brief History of Refugees

The current refugee crisis isn't the first to hit Europe or the world. What can we learn from the past that can help us to respond to the crisis today? Alasdair Roxburgh is the head of...
Speaker(s): Alasdair Roxburgh

Simple, Silent, Small: this is where Christ is found

Margaret Hebblethwaite discusses the small town where she lives in the Paraguayan campo, which for her is a symbol of Bethlehem: Christ is to be found in the simple rural life; people who travel...
Speaker(s): Margaret Hebblethwaite

Mindfulness and Christian Spirituality: happy bedfellows?

Mindfulness helps many to improve self-care. Tim (author of author of Mindfulness and Christian Spirituality – Making Space for God) explores what it offers by way of contribution – and challenge...
Speaker(s): Tim Stead

Scars Across Humanity

Every three seconds, a young girl is married without consenting, somewhere across the world to a much older man. Along with female infanticide, domestic abuse, prostitution, rape and honour killings,...
Speaker(s): Elaine Storkey

Julian of Norwich

Probably the first woman to write a book in English, the visionary Julian of Norwich offers us a powerful message about the love of God. An insight into a mind that discovered why God wants us to...
Speaker(s): Sharon Jebb Smith

Satish Kumar in Conversation

Hear the amazing story of a one-time-monk who gave up everything to walk around the world for peace in the 1960s, eventually settling in Devon and helping to establish the Schumacher College as well...
Speaker(s): Satish Kumar

Faithfully Feminist: Why we stay

It is a common question asked of women who claim a feminist identity, membership in a particular religious tradition, and practise their faith in spite of gendered challenges. Hear the stories of...
Speaker(s): Julie Siddiqi, Catriona Robertson

Grace Wroe

Grace grew up at Greenbelt. Since graduating in social policy from Bristol University she has worked in a centre for vulnerable women in King's Cross, London and is now a Restorative Justice...

Christina Welch

Christina is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Winchester, where she leads the masters degree in Death, Religion and Culture; a distance learning programme. A Religious Studies scholar,...

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...

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...

Movements of the Spirit

How come so many of us lost confidence in political parties? Don't believe the system represents us? Aren't convinced our vote will change anything? But how come so many of us think new, looser,...
Speaker(s): Jeff Halper, Dave Andrews, Maya Evans

Hello 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 Tuama

Primania: Who’s paying for your clothes?

Fast fashion. The age of Primark. When you buy a T-shirt for £2 who is really paying the price? The Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Bangladesh showed it's time for a fashion revolution....
Speaker(s): Katherine Maxwell-Rose

Where Are We Headed in Israel/Palestine? ‘Judaization’ and the Rise of the One-State Solution

Israel now effectively rules all of Israel/ Palestine, with the Palestinians of the Occupied Territories left permanently stateless. There seems to be only one option left – but what would a...
Speaker(s): Jeff Halper