
Meet the artist
Persuaded by his good friend (and ours) Martyn Joseph, the National Treasure that is Michael Sheen dials in from his family holiday to join us at Greenbelt to talk all things acting, arts, activism...
Speaker(s): Michael Sheen, Martyn Joseph
A Better Tomorrow
In 2020, Mina Smallman's daughters were murdered in a London park. The first woman of colour to be an Archdeacon in the Church of England, Mina campaigns for justice for them, and for a better, more...
Speaker(s): Mina Smallman, Cole Moreton
Seeds and Pearls
A Bible study on the stories Jesus told about letting go, scattering seeds, selling fields, seeking pearls. We'll explore different facets of our theme, Let it all go, and what we might dream and...
Speaker(s): Miranda Threlfall-Holmes
When The Music Fades
Unpacking evangelical culture with clarity and compassion, Author Lucy Sixsmith revisits growing up in the Soul Survivor generation, from the euphoric highs of worship tents to the quiet reckoning of...
Speaker(s): Lucy Sixsmith
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
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions: Ending Complicity in Israels 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
