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.

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  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
Column
  1. Assisted dying
  2. Care
A gable end mural depicts a nurse in scrubs and a mask turning and looking towards the viewer.

Proposed euthanasia safeguards insult our NHS

George Pitcher
We must defend a collective sense of care and generosity.
4min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Community
Four men in suits, sit next to each other smiling, in the House of Commons.

How to respond when politicians talk about “our way of life”

Joel Pierce
Alasdair MacIntyre’s thinking helps us understand what we share across society.
10min read
Article
  1. America
  2. Church and state
Silhoutted by a sun rise, a helicopter flies over The White House

Trump's triumph is not the end of the world, nor the dawn of a new age

Graham Tomlin
Donald Trump may not be as bad as many fear and not as good as many hope
4min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Wildness
Against a night sky a lit up face is blurred by the camera movement.

It’s getting harder to be wild in this world

Elizabeth Wainwright
We’ve trapped and tamed wilderness into a commodity.
7min read
Snippet
  1. Comment
  2. Sustainability
A sky line shows steam rising from a power station's chimney and cooling towers.

Coal’s demise teaches us to be cautious about progress

Graham Tomlin
Why the extinguishing of coal power should dampen attitudes to what promises to be progress.
3min read
Snippet
  1. Comment
  2. Trauma
A black and white photo shows solider patients and nurses in a hospital.

Hospitals are home to the truth of war

Simon Cansdale
Remembering what war really is.
2min read
Snippet
  1. Books
  2. Comment
On a music festival stage, a popstar in a pink stages holds raised hands with his band.

Rick Astley’s contentment is joyous

Natalie Garrett
The veteran popstar’s story strikes more than a musical chord.
2min read
Article
  1. Attention
  2. Comment
A woman walls along a war memorial wall covered in red poppies.

Put poppy politics in the past and give Remembrance a hopeful future

Mark Gilbert
Memory without hope will lead us to a dead-end.
5min read
Column
  1. America
  2. Comment
A protester holds placards up in both hands. One reads: Trump is a fascist. The other: Repair the broken world

Is Trump a fascist?

George Pitcher
Fascism is fashionable again, what sort of vigilance is needed to guard against it?
4min read
Essay
  1. America
  2. Comment
Donald Trump holds his arms out to his side while speaking.

Democracy, hypocrisy and us

Josh Richards
A deep dive into the pitfalls of political vision and our response to them.
6min read