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  • 5 Aug 2011
    Festival looks to peace possibilities post-9/11

    With the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks less than a month away, the Festival of Spirituality and Peace in Edinburgh is seeking to reawaken a spirit of hope for people of different belief and cultural backgrounds who want to work for a peaceful future.

  • 5 Aug 2011
    Negotiating behind the scenes

    The prospects of settlements in some of the most intractable situations in the world today, as well as in domestic political wrangles over the health service, education and more, depend upon a host of unseen actors, says Simon Barrow. They create the conditions for the more formal political mechanisms to make progress.

  • 4 Aug 2011
    Osborne not offering economic solutions for the vulnerable

    Chancellor George Osborne's economic policies got a decidedly mute response in terms of their impact on the poorest at an event in Edinburgh yesterday.

  • 3 Aug 2011
    Taking our past into our future

    That was the title of a book by the late Bishop Hugh Montefiore, who at various times in his life was seen as 'turbulent priest' and a trouble-maker... but who also, interestingly, ended up being seen as a staunch proponent of traditional Christianity.

  • 2 Aug 2011
    Films for a (social) change

    The Filmhouse Cinema in Edinburgh is screening three fine movies as part of this year's Festival of Spirituality and Peace, which runs from 6-9 August 2011 - 'Getting Out', 'Bloody Sunday' and 'Pray the Devil Back'.

  • 1 Aug 2011
    Festival to highlight nomadic life in the heart of the city

    A Persian Nomadic Tent will be a centrepiece of Edinburgh's Festival of Spirituality and Peace, flagging up the most ambitious programme in its 11-year history.

  • 20 Jul 2011
    Edinburgh's not-quite-hidden festival

    Well, it's not exactly hidden - but the annual Festival of Spirituality and Peace (FoSP), which runs from 6-29 August 2011, is maybe not quite as high profile as the International Festival and the accompanying (even larger) Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. Yet.

  • 14 Jul 2011
    Scots hear African church challenge to HIV-AIDS stigma

    Civic bodies and churches in Scotland have been challenged by a priest living with HIV to face up to the stigma and prejudice surrounding AIDS.

  • 13 Jul 2011
    Celebrating spirituality and peace after 9/11

    The Festival of Spirituality and Peace, which runs this year in Edinburgh from 6 - 29 August 2011, seeks to reawaken the heart of the Edinburgh festival for people who, ten years after 9/11, want to work together for a peaceful future. The director, Donald Reid, introduces its main theme.