Culture
Our curated articles offering new takes on the big themes and questions in our culture. Plus reviews of books, film, media and experiences. Culture is one of four key themes covered by Seen & Unseen.
Article
- Attention
- Culture
Psychogeography and the dark alleyways of the mind.
6min read
Podcast
- Culture
- Podcasts
Why snow still generates awe, the consequences of grudges, and an open letter to Sally Rooney.
1min read
Review
- Attention
- Culture
The composer’s music contends both the secular and sacred.
5min read
Review
- Awe and wonder
- Culture
Dance music allows us to encounter what’s ’beyond our ken’.
3min read
Review
- Books
- Culture
What can the former Prime Minister teach about leadership?
5min read
Podcast
- Awe and wonder
- Culture
In our age of self-invention, we are profoundly disconnected from the history that once gave us identity.
1min read
Review
- Belief
- Culture
If not original, a dissection of belief needs to be sincere and agile.
4min read
Review
- Culture
- Grace
Today’s musicians capture both the barbaric and the beautiful.
5min read
Column
- Culture
- Football
What one referee’s foul-mouthed rant tells us about the nature of sport, and authority.
7min read
Podcast
- Art
- Books
The creativity of comic books, and the theology of storytelling.
1min read
Article
- Assisted dying
- Care
In Canada the moral ethos of medicine has shifted dramatically.
8min read
Snippet
- Culture
- Film & TV
Monarchy and deciding who's really in charge.
2min read