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From its use as a rallying cry by the labour movement to its central place in struggles for racial justice, the idea of solidarity is often invoked as the answer to inequality and conflict. And yet, as both a term and a practice, solidarity is tantalisingly slippery. We are encouraged to ‘show solidarity’; but how can we truly realise it?

The Welsh priest and scholar Rowan Williams explores a constant exercise in self-scrutiny and dialogue in which we find that true recognition lies not in asserting that others are just like us, but rather in affirming their claim to be fully themselves. It is in this work of recognition, this possibility of communion, that true hope can be found.

Chaired by Peter Florence.

This lecture is also happening in-person. For in-person tickets, visit here.

The suggested price for tickets is £10 to cover our costs, but free tickets are also available so as not to exclude anyone who would like to come. All are welcome.

The Autumn Lecture Series is working with the European Festivals Forest to plant trees to mitigate our carbon footprint. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed and already planted a hectare of mixed woodland, banking 700 metric tonnes of carbon.

From its use as a rallying cry by the labour movement to its central place in struggles for racial justice, the idea of solidarity is often invoked as the answer to inequality and conflict. And yet, as both a term and a practice, solidarity is tantalisingly slippery. We are encouraged to ‘show solidarity’; but how can we truly realise it?

The Welsh priest and scholar Rowan Williams explores a constant exercise in self-scrutiny and dialogue in which we find that true recognition lies not in asserting that others are just like us, but rather in affirming their claim to be fully themselves. It is in this work of recognition, this possibility of communion, that true hope can be found.

Chaired by Peter Florence.

This lecture is also being live-streamed. For livestream tickets, visit here.

The suggested price for tickets is £10 to cover our costs, but free tickets are also available so as not to exclude anyone who would like to come. All are welcome.

The Autumn Lecture Series is working with the European Festivals Forest to plant trees to mitigate our carbon footprint. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed and already planted a hectare of mixed woodland, banking 700 metric tonnes of carbon.

From the far-right violence that broke out in the summer of 2024 to the hatred directed at Muslims in public life during the Gaza conflict, anti-Muslim racism is dangerously out of control. Fed by a network of media outlets, thinktanks, commentators, and even the entertainment industry, Islamophobia not only passes the dinner table test but is also Britain’s bigotry blind spot. In this incisive polemic, Britain’s first Muslim Cabinet minister, Conservative peer, campaigner and podcaster Sayeeda Warsi uses her dual experience at the centre of British power and in the heart of our Muslim communities to unapologetically challenge the corrosive consensus.

Chaired by Sam Wells.

This lecture is also happening in-person. For in-person tickets, visit here.

The suggested price for tickets is £10 to cover our costs, but free tickets are also available so as not to exclude anyone who would like to come. All are welcome.

The Autumn Lecture Series is working with the European Festivals Forest to plant trees to mitigate our carbon footprint. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed and already planted a hectare of mixed woodland, banking 700 metric tonnes of carbon.

From the far-right violence that broke out in the summer of 2024 to the hatred directed at Muslims in public life during the Gaza conflict, anti-Muslim racism is dangerously out of control. Fed by a network of media outlets, thinktanks, commentators, and even the entertainment industry, Islamophobia not only passes the dinner table test but is also Britain’s bigotry blind spot. In this incisive polemic, Britain’s first Muslim Cabinet minister, Conservative peer, campaigner and podcaster Sayeeda Warsi uses her dual experience at the centre of British power and in the heart of our Muslim communities to unapologetically challenge the corrosive consensus.

Chaired by Sam Wells.

This lecture is also being live-streamed. For livestream tickets, visit here.

The suggested price for tickets is £10 to cover our costs, but free tickets are also available so as not to exclude anyone who would like to come. All are welcome.

The Autumn Lecture Series is working with the European Festivals Forest to plant trees to mitigate our carbon footprint. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed and already planted a hectare of mixed woodland, banking 700 metric tonnes of carbon.

In 1961 the lawyer Peter Benenson took a quiet moment in St Martin’s to reflect on two students being imprisoned in Portugal for drinking a toast to freedom, and from the pews of the church the idea of Amnesty International was born. At a time of extreme vulnerability to voracious predators of the new world order, to ethnic cleansing, and multiple crimes against humanity, the Secretary General of Amnesty International makes the case for the assertion of Human Rights.

Chaired by Sam Wells.

This lecture is also happening in-person. For in-person tickets, visit here.

The suggested price for tickets is £10 to cover our costs, but free tickets are also available so as not to exclude anyone who would like to come. All are welcome.

The Autumn Lecture Series is working with the European Festivals Forest to plant trees to mitigate our carbon footprint. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed and already planted a hectare of mixed woodland, banking 700 metric tonnes of carbon.

In 1961 the lawyer Peter Benenson took a quiet moment in St Martin’s to reflect on two students being imprisoned in Portugal for drinking a toast to freedom, and from the pews of the church the idea of Amnesty International was born. At a time of extreme vulnerability to voracious predators of the new world order, to ethnic cleansing, and multiple crimes against humanity, the Secretary General of Amnesty International makes the case for the assertion of Human Rights.

Chaired by Sam Wells.

This lecture is also being live-streamed. For livestream tickets, visit here.

The suggested price for tickets is £10 to cover our costs, but free tickets are also available so as not to exclude anyone who would like to come. All are welcome.

The Autumn Lecture Series is working with the European Festivals Forest to plant trees to mitigate our carbon footprint. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed and already planted a hectare of mixed woodland, banking 700 metric tonnes of carbon.