Mabbs is one half of Rudeboy Productions and is back for his 2nd Byline. Expect to hear a mix of funk, hip hop, afrobeat, reggae and electronic.

Carrieann is an original and unique Artist with an eclectic mix of songs. An edgy Rock singer with some smooth and emotive dreamy edges to her tunes. She has released an Album called ‘ Hands Of Eternity ‘ with some enigmatic and moving tracks.

Jez Hellard is a singer of potent songs, fine guitarist and simply stunning harmonica player. His band, The Djukella Orchestra, play traditional and contemporary folk music, from jigs, reels and rebel ballads to tango, rhumba and reggae, and pretty much anything in between. Featuring Nye Parsons, one of the most captivating double-bassists you're likely to hear, and some of the finest instrumentalists on the British folk scene, their blend of virtuoso musicianship, witty political comment and a deep repertoire of powerful songs never fails to turn heads.

In the past decade Jez and various djukellas have played well over a thousand gigs; from Glastonbury Festival to the North Country Fair, New York to Taipei, Union Chapel to Extinction Rebellion.

“Ridiculously enjoyable... an unequivocal thumbs up.” Folk Radio UK

“It’s heartening to hear such thoughtful yet deeply felt songs, given the times we live in now. To hear them so well sung, so adroitly arranged and brilliantly performed is a joy.” Songlines

“Beautifully crafted and stunningly delivered... a staggering jigsaw of musical invention and a sonorous voice that drags you into every song.” Folking.com

“Jez Hellard epitomises the hardcore troubadour” R2

"Jez demonstrated that playing harmonica is a full body experience.. With fans across 3 continents, it’s easy to see and hear what all the hullaballoo’s about." Earshot Magazine,

Angharad is a non-binary ‘anti-folk’ performer. They pride themself on complex lyrics and strong hooks. 

Life mottos: ‘Everything Is Complicated’, ‘No heroes, no gods, no princes’ ‘The only stories worth telling are the ones you haven’t heard’.

Angharad was born in and went to primary school in Croydon, grew up & went to comp in Swansea, before studying English Literature at UCL and Medieval Welsh at Cambridge. 

They have been writing lyrics since childhood, and have been trying to avoid writing anything in prose about themself since they started showing people

Deep Fakes - the latest threat to democracy?

The 2016 US election was defined by Fake News, Facebook dark ads, the Cambridge Analytica scandal & Russian interference. Will the 2020 election be defined by Deep Fakes? Or is their efficacy as a propaganda tool being overhyped? Gerry & Paul investigate the phenomenon in their typical darkly comic style.

Misha Glenny

Phishing - A Hands on interactive Hacking Demo

With Brian Cathcart and Paddy French with an audio visual double act

Professor Gina Rippon is an international researcher in the field of cognitive neuroscience based at the Aston Brain Centre at Aston University in Birmingham. Her research involves the use of state-of-the-art brain imaging techniques to investigate developmental disorders such as autism. She is a regular contributor to events such as the British Science Festival, New Scientist Live and the Sceptics in the Pub series. In 2015 she was made an Honorary Fellow of the British Science Association for her contributions to the public communication of science. She is also an advocate for initiatives to help overcome the under-representation of women in STEM subjects. As part of a European Union Gender Equality Network, she has addressed conferences all over the world. She belongs to WISE and ScienceGrrl, and is a member of Robert Peston’s Speakers4Schools programme and the Inspiring the Future initiative.

The Gendered Brain is her first book for the general reader and is described by the Guardian as a “brilliant debunking of the notion of a ‘female brain’ could do more for gender equality than any number of feminist manifestos”.

Chair of Anita MacNaught

Levels of inequality in the UK are globally and unsustainably high. Control of land is increasingly concentrated in the hands of an untouchable and unaccountable elite. The climate crisis is going to exacerbate these tensions. 500 years ago, this might have prompted a revolution. Instead climate collapse could be that revolution. Can the countries land and property owners continue to shut out the poor and the dispossessed when they are also hungry and thirsty?

Guy Shrubsole

Author of Who Owns Britain? and Campaigner for Friends of the Earth, Guy has also written for numerous publications including the Guardian and New Statesman.

Prof Ian Hodge

Professor of Rural Economy at the University of Cambridge and and past President of the Agricultural Economics Society.

Antonia Layard

Come and Sing with us!

Check out the groovy South London Choir led by the dynamic American composer and entertainer, MJ Paranzino..

This year’s theme is Musicals; from past old favourites to the new wave of ideas embracing the influence of England and beyond. If you would like to participate at rehearsal to join MJ’s GREAT BIG CHOIR, sign up and register with your contact details as you check in or just jump in on the day spontaneously when you see the time slot.

Just show up and sing!

Chaired by Anita McNaught

Britain imports nearly 70% of it’s food. As all the farming systems of the world are damaged irrevocably by climate collapse, Britain is going to have to fall back on its own resources. But look what this country is facing; drought, over-population, an exhausted topsoil in many of our principle agricultural regions and large-scale, oil-based farming methods, that are unsustainable by any reckoning. How and what can we grow to feed our population? Is more, or less intensive farming the answer? Are livestock the problem or part of the solution?

Stuart Roberts

Vice-President of the National Farmers Union, Stuart is a third generation arable and livestock farmer who has also worked for Defra and the Food Standards Agency.

Colin Tudge

Biologist, Broadcaster and Author of books such as The Secret Life of Trees, Colin has now also co-founded the Campaign for Real Farming.

Josiah Meldrum

Co-founder and Director of Hodmedods, a British beans supplier.

John Lynch

is an environmental scientist at the University of Oxford. His work focuses the climate impacts of agriculture, especially livestock production, including new ways of thinking about and reporting agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. He is also interested in the wider implications of what a more sustainable food system might look like, and how to get there

Ed Statham
Hannah Williams
Lauren Kosky
Molly Cooke
Natalie Little
Catherin Drummond