An Altar in the World: worship & spirituality at Greenbelt 2017
As we gather at Boughton House for our fourth Greenbelt there and our 44th festival overall, we look forward to what Corrymeela leader and poet Pádraig Ó Tuama describes as his "annual sacrament of...
Listen up! Recorded talks back online.
We are really excited that our recorded festival talks archive is now back online. All 1,000 or more talks from Greenbelt 2014 and earlier are now absolutely free to download, stream and share –...
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 BeechingWe’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 TuamaPoor 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 JonesThe 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 BakerLifting 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 JonesVoices For The Voiceless
Frontline musician and eco-activist Theo believes that songs and music have always played a crucial part in empowering struggles for a better world, and explores how they work to amplify our voices...
Speaker(s): Theo SimonTravelling Light: The Isenheim Altarpiece And Its Influences On Contemporary Art
Focusing on Grünewald's masterpiece, Tina considers the artist's vision as a form of travelling light, a beam of inspiration which travels through time and continues to shine a strange light on...
Speaker(s): Tina BeattieWhen Certainty Fails
Poetry seeks to find words of meaning when other words fail. Pádraig Ó Tuama's poetry explores faith, gay identity, conflict and story, and intersperses it with anecdote, warmth and humour to...
Speaker(s): Pádraig Ó TuamaTravelling Heavy
Christianity doesn't travel light. It is weighed down with history, much of it shameful. What would it mean to deal with the burdensome history of Christendom and imagine our way into a lighter...
Speaker(s): Marika RoseCaught In The Act
We may think we're not sexist but sometimes our instinctive reactions reveal values and behaviours at odds with what we say we believe. How can we unravel the ‘sayings and doings of...
Speaker(s): Jenny BakerThe Importance Of Elsewhere: Travelling With Literature
Andrew explores the figure of the traveller from the book of Genesis to 21st-century fiction. Join him on the road and follow the literary journeys of, among others, John Bunyan, Jack Kerouac, Annie...
Speaker(s): Andrew TateSounding and Singing
Speaker(s): Malcolm Guite
Upend the Rainstick: Poetry and the music of the unexpected
Speaker(s): Malcolm Guite