Seen & Unseen Aloud

This week, Jonny Torrance contemplates the annual possibility that new pencils might transform life; Henna Cundill wonders whether AI can do everything for us – including take the blame and Paul Bradbury writes an open letter to Danny Thomas, the Patriot Platform leader.

This week, George Pitcher takes a look at Tech Panic through the years; Daniel Tyndale asks what "nepo babies" and the Colosseum have in common and Helen Cowan explores the world of wounded storytellers.

This week Amy Mantravadi explores some ruins and finds there is much to learn; Harry Gibbins makes a study of what parents can learn from Paw Patrol and Graham Tomlin finds that a Christian microbrewery’s woes in the West Bank, tell a story of fermented conflict.

This week, Ruth Bancewicz explores the world of Nature Writing, Josh Hinton asks cultural questions about The Beatles and The Rolling Stones still topping the charts; and Belle Tindall-Riley shares deeply about her need for oversharing.

This week, Josh Hinton reviews BBC's comedy, Ann Droid and asks how it stands up to the Commandment to honour our parents; Amen Gashew unpicks Zeus's Law, as it appears in Christopher Nolan's blockbuster, The Odyssey and Graham Tomlin dives into our culture of exhaustion and asks, why are we all so tired?

This week, Beatrice Scudeler and M Ciftci considerthe curious case for an established church found in a recently published book, A Voice in the Wilderness: Why should we listen to the Church of England? Jenny Burns discovers that every behaviour tells a story; Patricia Carswell compares the Jason Arday affair with that of King David of the Bible and Jamie Mulvaney gets to grips with soft hermits.

This week, we've selected some easy listening articles for Summer vibes: Naomi Pitts asks why we find Tom Holland & Zendaya so fascinating; Tim Yearsley confesses to why he's so invested in Stacey Solomon's Sort Your Life Out; Holly Price accompanies Millie Bobby Brown on Enola Holme's latest adventure to discover herself and Jonah Horne discovers why St Augustine might recognise something of himself in Olivia Rodgrigo & Robert Smith's angst-ridden banger What's Wrong with Me.

This week, Jamie Mulvaney dares to challenge our culture's commandment, thou shalt not waste day; Naomi Pitts takes a stroll down memory lane and is delighted to find herself in the Netflix remake of Little House on the Prairie; George Pitcher analyses Andy Burnham's early days and finds a thread of generosity of spirit which could be politically powerful.