Mal Pope
Mal Pope was born in Brynhyfryd, Swansea, Wales, into a family of teachers. He began learning to play the guitar aged seven and was soon writing songs. In the early 1970s Pope sent a tape of songs...
Greenbelt through the decades: the 1980s
To celebrate our 50th anniversary, we've asked some of the folk who've helped bring Greenbelt Festival to life over the last 50 years to write a little something about their festival experiences....
Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins was first catapulted to fame with his iconic work of 1976, The Selfish Gene, which he followed with a string of prestigious bestselling books including The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing...
Getting past the Punch and Judy
Panels for Greenbelt 2019 In these polarised and divided times, rather than our panel conversations seeking to generate any more heat, we wanted to go for light instead. There's a value in going...
Josh Okeefe
In 2012, Derby, England native and folk-singer Josh Okeefe dropped out of school, traveled across the Atlantic and arrived in Nashville, TN in search of the places his idols Hank Williams and Johnny...
Second big wave of line-up announcements for Greenbelt 2018
Just ahead of the second May Bank Holiday and with the sun continuing to bathe most of the UK in early summer warmth, we're getting in the mood for August Bank Holiday weekend and the...
Eve Poole
Dr Eve Poole OBE is an academic and writer who specialises in leadership. She was educated in high schools in Scotland and the US, and has a BA in Theology from Durham, an MBA from Edinburgh, and a...
The Still Point: in conversation with Amy Sackville
Amy will be discussing her approach to writing, life as an award-winning author and reading from her work. Amy's debut novel The Still Point was the winner of the 2010 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize...
Conspiracy of Silence
Start the Revolution Without Me
Feeling Good About Doing Bad
Joanne Shaw Taylor
Joanne is a blazing star of the blues rock world. This gravel-voiced guitar hero from the Black Country has toured extensively around the world, released critically acclaimed albums, gained a global...
Harvey Brough
Harvey Brough is one of the UK's most accomplished and diverse musicians. "Harvey and the Wallbangers" had great success in the 1980s throughout Europe, recording five albums.
Lemn Sissay
Bafta nominated International prize winning writer Lemn Sissay was awarded an MBE for services to literature by The Queen of England, The Pen Pinter Prize and a Points of Light Award from The Prime...
Listener
With an avant-garde back catalogue, Listener is now a fully-fledged rock 'n' roll power trio whose drummer's dreams are haunted by John Bonham. Expect thought-provoking stage banter, music that...
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