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Half-Changed World

Amid the multiple crises of pandemic, war, climate emergency and AI dominance, Lucy Winkett explores the resources faith offers for navigating a world that is not more secular, but more furiously...
Speaker(s): Lucy Winkett

Dark Night

Martha Sprackland reads her luminous translations of poems and prose by 16th-century Spanish mystic John of the Cross. His immediate, sensual writing swings between light and dark, desperation and...
Speaker(s): Martha Sprackland

Liturgies of the Wild

Modern Christianity often seems to forget the contemplative, mythic and imaginative. Martin Shaw prescribes, ancient technologies, story, ecology, liturgy and rites of passage, to deepen the...
Speaker(s): Martin Shaw, Elizabeth Oldfield

Poetry and Social Justice

In this hour of conversation with Pádraig Ó Tuama, Puerto Rican American poet Martín Espada, known for his commitment to justice, will read poems and discuss the themes of his art, and share his...
Speaker(s): Martín Espada, Pádraig Ó Tuama

The UK’s Most Arrested Priest

Life is about radical obedience to the will of God, says Rev Sue Parfitt (84). A life-long disciple of Jesus, she talks about putting her body on the line for life and justice in Palestine and in the...
Speaker(s): Sue Parfitt

How NOT to Flee a War

A first-hand account of fleeing Kyiv as Russia's full-scale invasion began. Ukrainian journalist Maria Romanenko and Jez Myers share a story of chaos, loss, resilience and dark humour.
Speaker(s): Talks For Ukraine

How To Defeat The Far Right

First working with the anti-fascist Searchlight magazine in the 90s and then founding Hope Not Hate in 2004, Nick Lowles MBE has spent his adult life researching, exposing and challenging the far...
Speaker(s): Nick Lowles

Secret Special (Friday)

Who will it be this evening? Come along to find out who is the secret special guest on the Hope and Anchor bar stool, where, as always, the conversation will be free-flowing, gritty and real....
Speaker(s): Jordan Stephens

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions: Ending Complicity in Israel’s Genocide & Apartheid

Palestinian human rights defender Omar Bargouti reveals the power of boycotts, divestment and sanctions in defeating Israel's apartheid policies and in challenging the complicity of international...
Speaker(s): Omar Barghouti

Secret Special (Saturday)

Who will it be this evening? Come along to find out who is the secret special guest on the Hope and Anchor bar stool, where, as always, the conversation will be free-flowing, gritty and real....
Speaker(s): Mobeen Azhar

Power of Play

Play fuels wellbeing, creativity and connection. It doesn't need a reason or a rule. We just need space, time and permission to play. Join us for an interactive, energising session where we'll...
Speaker(s): Playful

What Do We Do About Christian Nationalism?

Far right politicians and movements regularly turn to Christianity to evoke a sense of nationalism and belonging. But is this tendency heretical or heartfelt? And how should the church respond?
Speaker(s): Luke Bretherton, Chine McDonald, The Rev Canon Dr Duncan Dormor, USPG

Normally Weird. Weirdly Normal.

After a life-long struggle with sadness and self-doubt, at 52, comedian Robin Ince was diagnosed with ADHD. Here he explores the world of neurodivergence and to ask what normal really is, and whether...
Speaker(s): Robin Ince

Love, Fear and Action

What motivates us to act for the places we love? RSPB Youth Council members Freddie Emms, Kae Wrenn and Sennen Powell share their personal journeys into activism and explore the power of the youth...
Speaker(s): RSPB Youth Council

How to Survive a World in Crisis

Ruth Valerio's new book offers a biblical vision for how we sustain hope, rebuff cynicism and keep working for justice and ecological flourishing in a world that can overwhelm us with its heartbreak...
Speaker(s): Ruth Valerio