• risc book club: our women on the ground

    By Zahra Hankir - Nineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it’s like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour. 304pp

  • risc book club: stories from the romani world

    By Janna Eliot - Spokes is made up of stories from across the Traveller world, featuring British Gypsies, settled and still travelling; Irish Travellers, East European Roma; and people whose Romani background has remained under wraps in the face of a hostile world. There's an old violinist, a middle-aged mechanic, a young radio presenter, a […]

  • risc book club: the sound of things falling

    By Juan Gabriel Vásquez - No sooner does he get to know Ricardo Laverde in a seedy billiard hall in Bogotá than Antonio Yammara realises that the ex-pilot has a secret. Antonio's fascination with his new friend's life grows until the day Ricardo receives a mysterious, unmarked cassette. Shortly afterwards, he is shot dead on […]

  • Global Teacher Award Training (Part 2 of 2)

    The national GTA promotes skills, confidence and practical approaches to incorporate global learning into the curriculum, and active global citizenship into the school.

  • PRACTICAL STEPS to living within planetary boundaries

    Our society is wasteful and unfair. How can we make a planned reduction of excess energy and resource use to bring the economy back into balance with the living world in a safe, just and equitable way? Talk and discussion.

  • The Debt Crisis

    Heidi Chow, Executive Director of Debt Justice, argues for a more just system requiring radical system change to redress this exploitation.

  • Slavery, Free Labour & Fair Trade

    Dr Joseph Yannielli of Aston University will explore how society has been grappling with the issue of fair trade since early industrialisation.

  • hood in the wood

    McAlistair Hood talks about his journey towards a more sustainable lifestyle that brings together sculpture using recycled stone and wild living & foraging in the woods of West Berkshire.