Pascale Petit
Poet Pascale Petit was born in Paris and lives in Cornwall. She is of French, Welsh, and Indian heritage. Her eighth collection, 'Tiger Girl' (Bloodaxe Books, 2020), was shortlisted for the Forward...
Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins was first catapulted to fame with his iconic work of 1976, The Selfish Gene, which he followed with a string of prestigious bestselling books including The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing...
Ron Artis II
To say that Ron Artis II plays music from his heart and soul would be a bit of understatement. With his family upbringing and incredible early success, you may even say it has been pre-ordained....
Jeffrey Martin
As a babe Jeffrey Martin sought out solitude as often as he could find it. He's always been that way, and he has never understood the whole phenomenon of smiling in pictures, although he is a very...
James Holloway: builder of Greenbelt’s foundations
A Tribute to James Holloway by former festival manager and Fat Band member Martin Evans James Holloway died at 3a.m. on Friday, the 18th October 2019 in Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge,...
Is Church History?
The numbers aren't great. When only 1% of under 24's identify with the Church of England, it's no surprise some people say it's had its day. But how do you take the pulse of a body like a church?...
Speaker(s): Kate Bottley, Bishop Stephen Cottrell, Liz AdekunleThe People Vs Tech
Tech has radically changed the way we live our lives. But with our fragile political systems threatened by this digital revolution, what do these changes – and the likes of Cambridge Analytica –...
Speaker(s): Jamie BartlettThe John Peck Lecture: A Tribute to John Smith
Anthony Wilson reflects on John's legacy at Greenbelt, placing his work in the tradition of the prophetic imagination. Tracing the connection between his vision and Greenbelt's, where the arts...
Speaker(s): Anthony WilsonLove in the face of Empire
The Festival Communion service at Greenbelt 2019 put the story of Christmas at its heart. Here, you'll find all the words from the service to download and share and use – along with the thinking...
Liz Adekunle
Liz Adekunle was born in North London and read theology at Birmingham University. She has three Masters degrees; the first from SOAS in African Christianity and Development, the second, completed...
Event Horizon: How The Way Faith Sees The Future Affects Us All In The Present
Event Horizon brings an inter-faith panel together to consider what their faith reveals about the future, and how their different insights, traditions and disciplines point them towards the...
Exploring everyday extremism at Greenbelt 2019
This year at Greenbelt we're going to host a conversation and workshop aimed at alerting us to and equipping us to counter what we're calling "everyday extremism". Here's what we're...
Bringing things back together
This year, we're going back to our roots and getting back to our 'no splits' worldview in respect of two aspects of our programming. Sometimes, we need to focus on, privilege and concentrate a...
Caterers at Greenbelt 2019
Scriptural Reasoning
The Rose Castle Foundation exists to equip generations of reconcilers by facilitating encounters between deep divides. We are committed to everyone's potential to reconcile; to be able to tell...