FRIDAY 11th July
FRIDAY 11th July
Festival Opening
Lord Adebowale will formally open the festival followed by opening remakes from the Festival Co-founders Peter Jukes and Stephen Colegrave as well as the vice chancellor of Keele University
Truth in the age of extremism
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

How to adopt a Billionaire
In Peter’s workshop he will describe how his new campaign - Adopt a Billionaire- is designed to confront, embarrass and publicise the destructive behaviour of the world’s most politically powerful people. There are about 3000 dollar billionaires but few people can name more than a dozen of them. Research has shown that these people should carry a great deal of blame for the growing disaster of global warming through their own wasteful and dissolute lifestyles, their ownership of climate-change-denying media and their bankrolling of right-wing politicians. Learn how you can adopt a billionaire of your own.
Peter Robbins, Head of Nature Recovery Networks at Staffordshire Wildlife Trust.
The Earthquake - how big is the transatlantic rift?
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Why is the UK so Crap at looking after Biodiversity
Stuart Spray
Kit Stoner, CEO Bat Conservation Trust. Also Vice Chair of Environmental Investigations Agency, and a trustee of BatLife Europe
Dr Malcolm Tait, Professor of Planning at the University of Sheffield
Alexa Culver, Legal Counsel at RSK Wilding
David Cadman, Head of Nature Recovery Networks at Staffordshire Wildlife Trust.
How to make politics human again
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
How to build a coalition against far right
Neal Lawson, Compass
Zoe Williams
Jon Jackson

Conversation with Kate Raworth founder of doughnut economics
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Truth in Ten - Discussing Al Gores Talk
Anna Hyde left a successful marketing career to focus on climate and democracy activism. She
co-founded Islington Climate Centre, facilitates Climate Fresk workshops, and coordinates for
The Climate Reality Project. A Cambridge Sustainability Leadership graduate, she uses creative
engagement and deliberative democracy to drive community-led environmental change.

Churchill's Urinal
Churchill's Urinal play reading a work in progress and play reading of new play Churchill’s Urinal by Rosie Holt and Stewart Lee. Britain's first new female chancellor is determined to get rid of the ancient urnial in her private bathroom. But what should be a simple job soon gets out country is in turmoil. A comedy about politics in an age of social media fuelled outrage and the global rise of the far right.

Comedy and Hook Up Culture and Fuck Around Five Jazz Band
Laila Woozeer
Kate Cheka
Paravanya Pillay
Hugh Davies
How to run your own news club
News Club UK Co-host and media activist Thomas Barlow.
Thomas Barlow works building up independent media for Impress Media Services and cohosting a podcast, News Club UK, that not only talks about the news, but also tackles what to do about it.
The News Club Sessions are chances to be part of your own News Club - essentially a book club for news - and learn how to set your own up.
The core of this is not only talking about the news - particularly the news we don't see - but also what to do about it. Join us to meet, chat and plot in your News Club