Comment

Columnists and commentators focus a Christian lens on the news stories of the day. Comment is one of four key themes covered by Seen & Unseen.

Snippet
  1. Assisted dying
  2. Care
Four MPs stand at a table with heads bowed.

Assisted dying: truly a black Friday

Graham Tomlin
The UK takes a step into the bleak unknown.
2min read
Column
  1. Comment
  2. Community
A sign reading 'polling station' stands by the entrance to a church.

Here's why we need to keep democracy holy

George Pitcher
It's much more than a utilitarian deal that benefits the most.
4min read
Snippet
  1. America
  2. Comment
a tattered American flag flies against a blue sky.

America: two nations under God?

Graham Tomlin
Red, blue, and rarely purple.
3min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Sustainability
A speaker holds two fingers up while sitting in front of a backdrop reading 'United Nations Climate Change.

Does COP make any difference?

Julia Kendal
When climate deal makers and justice seekers meet.
6min read
Article
  1. Assisted dying
  2. Care
A open hand hold a pill.

Why end of life agony is not a good reason to allow death on demand

Graham Tomlin
Assisted dying and the unintended consequences of compassion.
5min read
Snippet
  1. Assisted dying
  2. Care
white pills form an angle on a blue background

Who holds the keys of death? The logic of assisted dying

Tom Dove
The ethical principle of double effect.
2min read
Article
  1. Climate
  2. Comment
A sign protesting a proposed wind farm stands on flat moorland.

Neighbours, nimbys, and politician power plays

Joel Pierce
Is there a politics that takes both love of the land and climate concerns seriously?
7min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Economics
A phone screen is held up, showing a shopping page, behind a window displays a Black Friday Sale banner.

Black Friday: don’t shop, try stewarding instead

Rosie Phillips
We're so fallible to consumer culture. Here's how to counter it.
4min read
Article
  1. Assisted dying
  2. Comment
A single bed, wiith an unmade colourful duvet stands in the corner of a room. A hoist reaches over it from the corner.

Assisted dying hasn’t resolved Swiss end of life debates

Markus Zimmerman
Despite attempts to normalise it, new challenges still arise.
7min read
Snippet
  1. Character
  2. Comment
A crow stands at the end of an overhanging rock.

The bird-brained behaviour of holding a grudge

Jamie Mulvaney
Cranky corvids and feuding pop stars share something in common.
1min read
Snippet
  1. Comment
  2. Death & life
A misty back lit stage hosts a singing guitarist and a double base player

Lullabies and lists that tell of lifelong love

Jessica Scott
A Laura Marling gig and an All Souls remembrance reverberate life.
2min read
Essay
  1. Comment
  2. Economics
A soot stained burnt-out harvester sits in a recently harvested field.

Raiding the fields, lessons from history

Theodore Brun
A tax raid on farmers is raising more trouble than revenue.
8min read