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Richard Dawkins, In Conversation

Richard Dawkins' work on evolutionary biology saw him voted the world's top thinker in Prospect magazine's poll in 2013. He is world-renowned for a string of best-selling books, spanning from...
Speaker(s): Richard Dawkins, Giles Fraser

Decolonizing Gospel Music: A Practical Guide

Is the lyrical content of Black British gospel music – from choral music to Christian hip-hop – colonial? Does it express ideas of God shaped by the necropolitical Christian categories imposed...
Speaker(s): Robert Beckford

Are you a Bystander or a Resister?

According to the 2022 IPCC report, by 2030 half the population of Africa will be climate refugees. Can we stand by and watch? asks Roger Hallam, while sharing what thousands of people are doing to...
Speaker(s): Roger Hallam

How to Stop Fascism – From Ukraine To Capitol Hill

The organised far right is small but dangerous. But its ideology is beginning to shape the politics of populist parties and authoritarian conservatives, from Washington to Moscow and beyond. The key...
Speaker(s): Paul Mason

Right To Roam

Like a modern-day Woody Guthrie, Nick Hayes wants us to rediscover that 'this land is our land'. Find out how to cut through centuries-old power and privilege and reconnect with the countryside that...
Speaker(s): Nick Hayes

Children, Activism and Our Hope on the Horizon

How childhood experiences of activism and storytelling put Onjali Q Raúf on the road to writing the modern classic, The Boy At the Back of the Class, and her first non-fiction guide for children,...
Speaker(s): Onjali Raúf

The Me I Am Now

The importance of allowing ourselves to change and why one more pep talk won't matter much. Nadia Bolz-Weber is an ordained Lutheran pastor and best-selling author. She founded House for All...
Speaker(s): Nadia Bolz-Weber

Why Christian?

Given the crimes and misdemeanors of Christianity, why still claim it as an identity and a belief system? Nadia Bolz-Weber hosts a session of good old-fashioned Gospel testimony. It's personal....
Speaker(s): Nadia Bolz-Weber

The Prosecutor – Giving Voice to the Unheard

Nazir Afzal knows a thing or two about justice. As a Chief Prosecutor, it was his job to ensure the most complex, violent and harrowing crimes made it to court, and that their perpetrators were...
Speaker(s): Nazir Afzal

Growing Up In Gaza

Palestinian artist Malak Mattar was six years old when the blockade of Gaza started. Fifteen years later, the siege continues, and Malak has survived four major Israeli attacks. Then, in 2014, as...
Speaker(s): Malak Mattar

When Words Fail, Art Speaks

On Location is Amos Trust's new project – promoting, supporting and celebrating the power, resilience and vibrancy of the artistic community living and working under siege in Gaza. To coincide...
Speaker(s): Malak Mattar, Brian Eno

My Theology: Malcolm Guite

Malcolm Guite (poet, priest and academic, and a life fellow of Girton College, Cambridge) discusses the principal tenets of his theological beliefs with Virginia Moffatt (writer, editor and...
Speaker(s): Malcolm Guite

Still not too late?!

Our world is hotting up and filling up with stuff. Climate change, consumption and waste are inextricably linked, all trashing our environment, putting those least responsible at risk, and leaving...
Speaker(s): Less Waste Laura

Feminism, Interrupted: Disrupting Power

Plastered over t-shirts and tote bags, the word 'feminist' has entered the mainstream and is fast becoming a popular slogan for our generation. But feminism isn't a commodity up for purchase; it's a...
Speaker(s): Lola Olufemi

Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild Sunday

For centuries, we have acted on an intuition that we need communion with the wild to feel well. Now, as we migrate away from the rest of nature, scientific evidence is emerging to confirm its place...
Speaker(s): Lucy Jones