Seen & Unseen Aloud

This week, Paul Woolley examines the King of the North’s career and how it exposes the tension between political drive and public credibility; Lauren Westwood explores how the broken Beckhams expose our universal need for a way back and Graham Tomlin suggests that every society cracks - not just Britain - and why that’s not the whole story.

In this episode, Henry Corbett (Chaplain to Everton Football Club) tells the story of how unlikely founders shaped the game we love today; nurse Helen Cowan talks about how being recognised by name protects dignity, even at the end of life; George Pitcher explores the concept of peace and how it falters when power becomes the only currency.

This week, Rick Hansen talks about how his father's job as an exorcist has given him a specific frame of reference for understanding the world; Alexandra Kytka-Sharpe takes us through her learning from a year of fasting from fashion; Graham Tomlin considers what makes for profound and significant cultural change.

In this episode, while the year is still quite new, Derek Hughes suggests that real change comes slowly; Beatrice Scudeler unearths hope in the finale of Stranger Things; Steve McMillan gives us a meditation on attention and Roger Bretherton explores the origins and future of mindfulness.

In this first episode of 2026, Mark Meynell ventures into the work of J.R.R. Tolkien (and others) to find a guarded hopefulness for the year ahead.

As 2025 draws to a close, Graham Tomlin shares with us three of his articles, what he's been thinking about as a result of the political and social events and issues of this past year.

In this episode, as we come towards the end of 2025, I have curated three articles that have made me stop and think this year: Paul Bradbury grieving the demise of the semi-colon; Jessica Norman understanding the big welcome for Lewis Capaldi at Glastonbury and Roger Bretherton considering the role of prayer

In this nearly-Christmas episode, Belle Tindall joins forces with CS Lewis and Dorothy L Sayers to go deep into the shocking truths buried beneath the Christmas tinsel; Krish Kandiah reviews Wake Up Dead Man and finds the Church playing a key role in the mystery; Lauren Westwood witnesses the baby Jesus being kidnapped and follows a trail of believing.