The great and good of Greenbelt have made their Christmas lists. Here are some recommendations of gifts and gift ideas for your nearest and dearest that will tantalise, delight and inform them at the most festive part of the year... outside the Festival, of course.
Any other suggestions for gift ideas can be sent to Tom at tom@greenbelt.org.uk
Amos Trust Christmas Cards
A range of Christmas goods to get your friends and family thinking this December...
Global Seesaw
Ethical gifts from a company looking to make a difference, especially to women exploited by human trafficking and prostitution.
Phill Hopkins pen
Inscribed with "Why Did You Doubt?", this pen is both a work of art, and also can be used to create a work of art!
Free Cakes For Kids UK
Support a new initiative baking cakes for families in need. A great way to help others at Christmas!
Belle And Sebastian - Write About Love
A sterling return to form for Belle & Sebastian. All the confidence of their last two albums, with more of the romantic songcraft of B&S of old, this is a strong addition to their discography.
The Candle Thieves - Sunshines And Other Misfortunes
Delightfully quirky pop music. Big Music for Small Places.
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig
Exploring a near-forgotten brand of banjo-driven string-band music from the foothills of North Carolina, the CCDs revive old standards, introduce new songs and reimagine contemporary hits from other artists in their own soulful style.
Israeli Apartheid: A Beginners Guide
This book by Ben White (Amos Trust) gives a great introduction to boycott, divestment and sanctions - why they should be considered, and why they could work...
Arabs & Israel For Beginners
By Ron David. A nice and simple, comic book style introduction to the conflict. Does what it says on the cover!
Theodora
Theodora of Constantinople rose from nothing to become the most powerful woman in the history of Byzantine Rome. In Stella Duffy's breathtaking new novel, she comes to life again; a fascinating, controversial and seductive woman.
To The End Of The Land
From David Grossman, one of Israel’s most acclaimed writers, comes a novel of extraordinary power about family life – the greatest human drama – and the cost of war.
Paradise Now
Described as "Nick Hornby meets George Orwell in Leo Tolstoy's lobby during an earthquake", this debut novel by Jari Moate is an engrossing, well-paced read.
Exile
Richard North Patterson has written an absolutely gripping courtroom thriller, while at the same time explaining the Israel-Palestine issue from both sides.
Whose Promised Land?
A more academic book on the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict - yet still highly readable...
The New Atheist Novel: Fiction, Philosophy and Polemic After 9/11
Rich like a good slab of Christmas Cake, this book by Arthur Bradley & Andrew Tate is an intelligent, critical and highly original re-reading of four of the New Atheist Novelists' (Rushdie, McEwan, Pullman & Amis) output.
Pip Wisdom
Greenbelt trustee Pip Wilson's book of "reflections, stories, observations, ideas, graphic illustrations and exercises for the soul". Refresh yourself this December!
TwoToo
The ideal ethical Christmas present! For every TwoToo scarf sold another one will be given away to a homeless, needy or elderly person.
- Nice memories of Greenbelt from @jimwallis, and looking forward to @WildGooseFest - http://bit.ly/go4aWy
- Blog: A great interview with @Herring1967 on 6Music about why he, an atheist, is obsessed with Jesus - http://bit.ly/f9aiEO
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