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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...

Chine McDonald

Vice-chair of Trustees Chine McDonald is vice-chair of Greenbelt. In her day job, she's Director of Theos - the religion and society think tank. She was previously Head of Community Fundraising and...

A different kind of power: what does power have to do with theology, and why does it matter for community organising?

Power. This hotly-debated, sometimes keenly avoided, concept is central to community organising. We share the secret – and the theological basis – of a power based on relationships, not...
Speaker(s): Citizens UK

Women 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 Wroe

Please Bring a Body

The Festival Communion service at Greenbelt 2017 put access and inclusion at its heart. Here you'll find all the words from the service to download and share and use – along with the story and...

Has Online Dating changed everything?

Online dating is now ever-present in our lives. From Match.com to Tinder, how has it changed the way we form relationships? Are things better or worse? Safer or scarier? How can we understand and use...
Speaker(s): Jackie Elton, Dr David Pullinger, Vicky Walker, Kate Bottley

“The Muslims are Coming! The Muslims are Coming!

No religion causes greater consternation and provokes more questions than Islam. There's so much we don't “get” about Islam and there's a lot we don't know about its roots and impact....
Speaker(s): Abdul-Rehman Malik

After Bowie and Prince

With the untimely deaths of Prince and David Bowie, is the age of rock stars as avatars of our better selves, pointing to a world of possibility all over? Is all we're left with nostalgia and...
Speaker(s): Steve Lawson

Is Tax Avoidance the Greatest Barrier to a Fairer Society?

Following her performance, join theatremaker Caroline Horton and a panel of experts as they dig into the dirt around tax and tax avoidance. With Mike Truman, long-time Editor of Taxation Magazine;...
Speaker(s): David Haslam, Mike Truman, John Christensen

Savi Hensman

Savitri Hensman was born in Sri Lanka in the early 1960s and lives in London. She is a writer and activist and works in the voluntary sector. Her book Sexuality, Struggle and Saintliness: Same-Sex...

Gren Bartley Trio

Gren Bartley is a prolific and exceptional songwriter. He is constantly touring and forever writing. 2015 saw the release of Gren's first full band based album on Fellside Recordings,...

Christian-Muslim Storytelling: Stories of shared faith from history presented by Khayaal Theatre

Khayaal is an award-winning theatre company dedicated to the dramatic exploration of Muslim literature for the stage, film, and education. Strengthening and enriching interfaith and intercultural...

U-Cef

U-Cef, the Moroccan Digitiser blends together Arab and Middle Eastern sounds and beats with urban & traditional fusion. U-cef has a special focus on the fusion of North African Gnawa with modern...

Rumi’s Circle

Rumi's Circle presents poetry, music and whirling events that highlight the wisdom of Mevlana Rumi, the 13th century Sufi Mystic. Rumi's Circle is part of The Threshold Society and the Mevlevi...