Poems are like my family
Here's an extract of the latest in-depth interview on the High Profiles website, with Greenbelt trustee Martin Wroe talking to poet Lemn Sissay at Greenbelt 2016 ... As a teenager in the care...
The Greenbelt Top Ten
From festival bookshop G-Books: the ten bestselling books at Greenbelt this summer: Accidental Saints – Nadia Bolz-Weber Unlikely pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber was our bestselling author at...
Learning to go with the flow…
A guest blog from Francis Brienen, Deputy General Secretary (Mission), United Reformed Church and first-time visitor to Greenbelt ... As a first timer to Greenbelt my list was long and varied,...
The Children’s Society’s latest Good Childhood Report reveals rise in girls’ unhappiness
A blog by Matthew Reed - Leadership team of The Children's Society, originally posted on The Children's Society website. It is absolutely vital to listen to what children have to say about...
Akala
Akala is an award-winning hip hop artist fusing rap, rock and electro-punk with fierce lyrical storytelling.
The Lemonade Effect… Read On
It was a full house and one of the most compelling conversations at Greenbelt in years. ‘Forced the audience to confront the idea of white discomfort and move beyond 'not seeing colour' – a...
We Laughed, Cried And Danced To Video-Games
A blog from Andy Robertson, curator of InterACT ... the digital gaming strand at this year's festival ... This year was the first time Greenbelt (or any major Arts festival in the UK) handed over...
1 week. 4 numbers.
One week on from Greenbelt 2016, here are four numbers that we like: 10 That's how many big buckets full of lego you gave at the Sunday morning communion service to go out to Soweto. Thank you....
A Blessing on a Flattened Patch of Grass
A Blessing on a Flattened Patch of Grass Chosen with care For the gentle incline And the view, And in hope for some space around it, Though there never was As others pitched closer, With...
The Greenbelt 2016 Communion Service: A Little Child Will Lead Us –
A blog from the writer of our festival service this year, Andrew Graystone. The Festival Communion service at Greenbelt 2016 was led from start to finish by children. Let me explain a little of...
Storytelling and community building
A guest blog from our associate partners, Livability ... ‘Up-and-coming' ; ‘a no-go area'; ‘high levels of free school meals'; ‘vibrant and multicultural'. Who is telling the...
Are you having a laugh?
Laugh: noun chuckle, giggle, snigger, hoot, snort, cackle, chortle, guffaw, titter Laughter is an equal opportunities activity. We all do it: children and adults, beggars and kings. Time and...
Discover Interactive Art at Greenbelt
A blog from Andy Robertson, curator of our InterACT programme at Greenbelt 2016 ... I could have called this Video-Games at Greenbelt, but I don't want to put off people who “don't play...
Three things to make your Greenbelt even better
We're nearly there. #3sleeps to go. And here are three (more little) steps to camping and festival-ing heaven. 1. The Greenbelt Village Shop The lovely folk at Milk and Honey will be open for...
Out of sight, out of mind?
A guest blog from Rebecca Boardman, Facilitator – Refugee Response, for our associate partners USPG ... Have you ever stopped to think about the way the media shapes our perception of world...