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.

Column
  1. Comment
  2. War & peace
A mother cradles a child while another stands close by. They wear winter clothes of the 1940s and are amidst others waiting.
After viewing a new documentary on the Holocaust in Ukraine, a harrowed George Pitcher ponders his duty not to look away.
4min read
Article
  1. Awe and wonder
  2. Comment
A model of a human heart on a short stand.
Heart doctor Michael Henein steps back to consider the unseen and unique wonders of the human body’s design.
6min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Nationalism
two politician site at a press conference desk and laugh, behind them is a backdrop of the political party's logo.
As European leaders increasingly co-opt Christianity, George Pitcher asks if they have come to serve or be served?
5min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Education
A school of tropical fish swims to the right, while one swims to the left.
Beyond headlines about school refusers and ghost children, lies a challenge to adult notions of schooling. Henna Cundill unpacks the issue, inspired, in part, by fish.
6min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Justice
A prisoner looks into the camera.
The crimes and sentencing of baby-murderer Lucy Letby is driving fresh conversations about justice. Edward Smyth examines the confusion and contradictions within them.
5min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Freedom of Belief
A crowd of people inspect fire damaged debris outside a burnt-out church.
Now condemned, the latest incidents of church burning in Pakistan are indicative of a continuing deeper pressure Christian communities face.
3min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Film & TV
A film director stands next to a camera to look at its screen, while a camera operator looks on
Narnia fan John Kuhrt pens an open letter to a daunted Hollywood director on helping her handle the Great Story.
8min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Economics
A mechanic stands in a workshop beside a motorcycle under repair.
As twentieth-century notions on economic growth for its own sake are questioned it may be worth revisiting JC Kumarappa, the most influential Christian of the India’s independence struggle.
10min read
Review
  1. Comment
  2. Culture
Margot Robbie as Barbie in Greta Gerwig's Box-Office smash hit movie
Pat Allerton reflects on the Barbie movie, the societal questions that it answers and the existential question that it doesn't.
5min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Sustainability
A Garden in the heart of the Andes
Listening to a garden and its gardener, high in the Andes, has Anthony Baker recalling an old song.
6min read
Explainer
  1. Comment
  2. Nationalism
Two women sit behind a press conference desk against a backdrop, one listens as the other speaks and  gestures.
As GDP data is increasingly scrutinised, Ryan Gilfeather asks how to measure the true health and wealth of a nation.
5min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Loneliness
Individual underneath a galaxy of stars
Re-reading some classics of English literature leads Graham Tomlin to wonder what lies behind our epidemic of loneliness.
6min read