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Jason Allen-Paisant reads his poem ‘Black Walking’

Jul 6, 2020 | BlackLivesMatter, Podcast

Jason Allen-Paisant reads his poem ‘Black Walking’, published in the anthology And The Stones Fell Open: A Leeds Poetry Anthology available here . Dr Jason Allen-Paisant is a Lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Leeds and his work has been...

Come the Revolution, by Testament

Jul 1, 2020 | BlackLivesMatter, Podcast

It feels really important to reflect on Leeds experiences in light of the Black Lives Matter protests. Playwright and lyricist, Testament, lit up the Minster with his spoken word performance of Come the Revolution, published in the anthology And The Stones Fell...

‘Is it too late to stop climate catastrophe?’

Jun 15, 2020 | Climate Change, Podcast

Jen Walper Roberts, a leadership coach and member of the Jewish community in Leeds, considers this question in conversation with her friend Nili Simhai, Director of Outdoor Education for Abundance Farm https://www.abundancefarm.org/, and reflects on the idea of giving...

Treasure

Jun 15, 2020 | Podcast

We are delighted to hear poet Rachel Flint read her poem ‘Treasure’, published in the anthology And The Stones Fell Open: A Leeds Poetry Anthology available here . In an earlier conversation with LCI Director, Dr Helen Reid, Rachel talked about her...

Climate Change: Have we left it too late to act?

Jun 10, 2020 | Climate Change, Podcast

As we continue with our short podcasts that consider this question, Dr Stefan Skrimshire reflects on what we mean by that and asks in return “…too late for what and for whom?” Stefan goes on to reflect on what it means to act justly in a time of...

Climate Change: Jewish texts and Jewish tradition

Jun 1, 2020 | Podcast

The question a lot of people have been asking is, have we left it too late to act against Climate Change? Is the world set on a course for destruction and there is nothing we can do about it? In the first in a number of short podcasts that will consider these...