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.

Editor's pick
  1. Comment
  2. Freedom of Belief
A Nigerian man looks up towards the camera, behind him is dusty ground

Nigeria’s terror survivors share their stories

Belle Tindall
This violence is not gruesome fiction, it’s reality.
6min read
Explainer
  1. Assisted dying
  2. Comment
A vial and syringe lie on a blue backdrop.

Assisted dying's language points to all our futures

Henna Cundill
Translating ‘lethal injection’ from Dutch releases the strange power of words.
9min read
Snippet
  1. Comment
  2. Morality
A crowd of teenagers gather by a Peter Pan statue to mourn a dead pop star

Do we feel guilt for Liam Payne’s death?

Jack Chisnall
We want the celebrity world to exist, but it returns terrible violence.
2min read
Snippet
  1. Care
  2. Comment
A crutch is held in the hand of someone in pyjamas.

Rushing recovery and failing the marshmallow test

Mica Gray
I simply didn’t like being told ‘no’ even by my own body.
2min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Music
A soot stained burnt-out harvester sits in a recently harvested field.

What’s the point of celebrating the harvest?

George Pitcher
We reap what we sow: a once young man’s guide.
4min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Mental Health
An outdoor vigil is lit by people holding up mobile phone lights.

Auden and our anxious age

Jack Nicholson
While the tropes of trauma are still with us, how to not die in our dread?
4min read
Column
  1. Comment
  2. Conspiracy theory
A football support protest banner depicts The Muppet Show logo, a meeting of men in suits and various slogans.

Football in the age of conspiracy theory

Jonathan Rowlands
More politics in football is driving distrust and mis-information
5min read
Article
  1. Assisted dying
  2. Comment
A tired-looking doctor sits at a desk dealing with paperwork.

Will clinicians and carers objecting to assisted death be treated as nuisances?

Henna Cundill
The risk and mental cost of forcing someone to act against their conscience.
5min read
Article
  1. Books
  2. Comment
A book's front cover beside a portrait of the author, JD Vance

The elegies that fail the forgotten places

Elizabeth Wainwright
Storytelling’s not about giving people a voice, it's about listening to what they’re singing.
6min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Mental Health
A podcaster speaks into a mic before a screen.

What all those BetterHelp ads say about ourselves

Jamie Mulvaney
Podcasting and therapy alike scratch our itch to be inquisitive about things, even our own inner worlds.
4min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Joy
Cartoon character Joy looks up with arms held open.

Dopamine-ing ourselves dilutes the real power of joy

Natalie Garrett
Ditch being happy all the time.
5min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Gaza
A graffitied concrete border wall stands below a blue sky and dusty ground

Gaza-Israel: bankrupt ideas still capture too many of us

Todd Deatherage
One year on, we’ve turned no pages, learned no lessons, made no progress.
7min read