Do I Stay Christian?
Like many of us, Brian McLaren has been struggling with what it means to call oneself a Christian, especially when the term can hold diametrically opposed meanings. He suggests that an unexamined...
Speaker(s): Brian McLarenThe Power Of One
Does being the UK's first and only ever Green Party MP really make any difference? Come and hear from the widely respected Parliamentary representative for Brighton Pavillion, Caroline Lucas, about...
Speaker(s): Caroline Lucas, Less Waste LauraThe Soul Of Climate Activism
Opening by reading her 'Letter to the Earth', a confessional Caroline Lucas MP chats with Pádraig Ó Tuama about the inspirations that have sustained her decades-long public life in green politics...
Speaker(s): Caroline LucasThe Fire This Time – My Taxi Ride With James Baldwin
A belief in creativity and equality have been the hallmarks of Bonnie Greer's career. Combining passion, honesty and fascinating true stories from the arts and sciences, as well as her own life,...
Speaker(s): Bonnie GreerIn Conversation With Brian Eno, Ambient Atheist
In a career stretching from Roxy Music to Coldplay, from David Bowie and Grace Jones to U2, Brian Eno has produced the biggest acts in the world... but the highlight of his week is singing in a...
Speaker(s): Brian EnoWhy Your Beliefs Stopped Working And What To Do About It
Drawing from his 2021 release, Faith After Doubt, author/activist Brian McLaren will introduce a model for faith development that has helped many understand why they've reached a faith crisis -- and...
Speaker(s): Brian McLarenLost In Work: Escaping Capitalism
Work hard, get paid.' It's simple. Self-evident. But it's also a lie—at least for most of us. For people today, the old assumptions are crumbling; hard work in school no longer guarantees a secure,...
Speaker(s): Amelia HorganIn The Metaverse As In Heaven
As we move towards the metaverse and Web3, how should we prepare? How will virtual, augmented and meta ‘realities' affect our spiritual experiences and religious rites? What new opportunities...
Speaker(s): Andrew JonesSuperior: The Return Of Race Science
In conversation with scientist and writer Angela Saini about her much-lauded work on the murky history, science and politics of race – and how the far-right is attempting to repackage racism in the...
Speaker(s): Angela SainiCommunion: …And Now, the Weather…
Every day on the news there are stories of doom and destruction; wars and rumours of wars; poverty, child abuse, corruption … and then a smiley soul slides on to tell us what the weather will be...
Speaker(s): Azariah France-Williams, Pip Herbert, Electric Cabaret, Peter Graystone, Christian Aid
…and now, the weather…
For our 2022 festival communion, we met to express the planet's fear and distress, to give words to creation's grief, and to ask for God's mercy. It was a service about climate care and climate...
Richard Dawkins at Greenbelt 2022
Over the course of our festival weekend, a few people once again raised concerns with us on our social media over inviting Professor Richard Dawkins to Greenbelt. The same concerns were raised way...
Life begins at 50
Greenbelt turns 50 next year: a landmark moment that offers us a chance to reflect. To take stock but also to glimpse the future ahead. So in 2023 we'll be making two changes to Greenbelt that...
Trans and non-binary – inclusion, support and programming at Greenbelt 2022
When we announced our lineup, concerns were raised about the inclusion of some speakers on the bill who it was claimed had shared gender critical views as part of their public and platformed...
Marie Calvert
I am an experienced Arts Psychotherapist in private practice and a passionate artist and photographer, regularly exhibiting my work in various settings. I love painting expressive paintings in...