Seen & Unseen Aloud

This week this we have a special retrospective compilation episode; with articles chosen and introduced by Nick Jones, Senior Editor of Seen & Unseen, Belle Tindall-Riley - Seen & Unseen's staff writer and co-host of the Re-Enchanting podcast and Graham Tomlin, the editor-in-Chief of Seen & Unseen, and a former Bishop of Kensington. Enjoy!

In S&UA's 3rd Birthday compilation episode, I have chosen an article from Seen and Unseen’s first three years. I have chosen Jon Kurt talking wisely and compassionately about begging on our cities’ streets from 2023; Simon Walters from 2024 talking about how playing video games can all too quickly turn into a form of work and finally Jessica Norman’s piece from 2025 reliving the heart warming welcome Lewis Capaldi received as he returned to the Glastonbury stage after he took time off to look after his mental health.

In this episode, Graham Tomlin addresses the flawed data in the "Quiet Revival" and explores the power of quiet faith; Tim Yearsley shares his personal reaction to Louis Theroux's documentary about the "Manosphere"; and Jonny Torrance asks why people do terrible things and how an understanding of Sin helps us understand the unfolding story of the Epstein files.

This month Seen & Unseen celebrates 3 years. In this episode, Graham Tomlin contemplates how much the world has changed in 3 years; Barnabas Aspray considers life and rebirth and Belle Tindall-Riley writes our 2,000th article - all about the Oscars.

In this episode, Arabella Moore-Smith dives into actor James Van Der Beek’s story to discover what it reveals about love; Belle Tindall-Riley ruminates on an interview between Trevor Noah and NYV Mayor, Zohran Mamdani, asking why the Left keeps misplacing its moral imagination; and Jonathan Rowlands discusses the thorny moral issues of parking at the supermarket.

In this episode, Natalie Garrett shares some life-framing thoughts from a churchyard; Alex Stewart unpacks the UK's legal operating system and Roger Bretherton asserts that there is no such thing as an "innocent question".

In this episode, Josh Hinton asks why everything good we make must also be terrifying; Susan Gray watches Small Prophets and how it quietly restores dreaming of the future to our screens and Graham Tomlin suggests Lent is vital for our digital future

In this episode, Belle Tindall-Riley explores Elizabeth Day’s psychic call and the crisis of talking to ourselves; George Pitcher asks how a single moment can reveal what martyrdom really means and Jonathan Tepper tells us how a boyhood among addicts reframes today’s noisy battles over belief.

This week, Alex Knole takes us into the euphoric feeling when music takes us to the place of touching Heaven; Bex Chapman explores the theme of class in Bridgerton's latest season and Jamie Mulvaney forges a potential third way between awful and awesome