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.

Article
  1. Attention
  2. Comment
From a darkly shadowed face, a single illuminated eye stares.
Media fixation with ADHD caught Henna Cundill’s eye, so she decided to investigate its struggles and superpowers.
6min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Mental Health
A grey and white wall graffited with a tag a image of a person crumpled and crying.
While its now OK to talk about mental illnesses, we need to weep over the harm caused and how we’ve tried to treat them, writes Rachael Newham.
4min read
Weekend essay
  1. Comment
  2. Ethics
A man, dressed in a suit and anarak, stands in front of a law court.
Lawyer Alex Stewart analyses the Post Office scandal for the lessons it teaches on our missing morals.
8min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Community
school pupils sit at desk, some with a hand raised.
George Pitcher disagrees with the media’s approval of a school ban on religious observance.
4min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Eating
A man stands at rest, one arm holding some vegetables.
As commercial promotion of plant-based diets falter Trystan Owain Hughes digs for the real roots around a ‘reverence for life’.
7min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Football
Silouhetted by red flare smoke, celebrating footballs wave red flags.
Moving to Liverpool, home to the team he hated, challenges football supporter Sam Tomlin’s sense of belonging.
5min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Virtues
An irate man holds a mobile phone to his ear while gesticulating with his other hand.
The coarsening of speech prompts Yaroslav Walker to remember that what you say influences who you are.
5min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Politics
A group of people stand in a field by a fence and a railway footcrossing.
Our social arrangement needs to prioritise human relationships, argues MP Danny Kruger.
5min read
Explainer
  1. Comment
  2. Community
A group of protesters march behind a banner waving flags.
In America it’s in the headlines, while in India it continues to influence. Rahil Patel explores caste discrimination and finds out who helped craft constitutional protections for those affected.
8min read
Article
  1. Assisted dying
  2. Care
An image of a woman wearing formal clothing is overlaid by a BBC logo, a programme logo, a sound wave illustration and a caption.
A campaigner’s call to change an assisted dying law got family calling MND sufferer Michael Wenham. Here he shares why such legalisation will increase people’s fear of dying.
6min read
Article
  1. Ambition
  2. Comment
A starry night sky below which a signpost is silhouetted.
Standing on the cold threshold of a new year, Graeme Holdsworth recalls past audacity and whether his aspirations are too timid.
3min read
Article
  1. Christmas culture
  2. Comment
A quotation beside a head and shoulders picture of a bishop
At Christmas, Graham Tomlin reflects in the Financial Times on the need to break out of the social silos in which we live.
1min read