Term

Advent

Type

Article

The head of a giant paper dragon glows orange and red against a night sky.

Is your nativity missing a dragon?

Julie Canlis

This Christmas, we might be closer than ever to the story’s origins. Terror...

2023-12-12

3 min read

Type

Podcast

A nativity seen against a red background

New episode: Seen & Unseen Aloud

Nick Jones

Listen to a curated selection of recent Seen & Unseen articles. This episode...

2023-12-11

1 min read

Type

Article

In front of a collapsed building, a rescuer carries a new born baby by the arms.

The bleak midwinter: why tears could be the best thing for us this season

J. S. Averill

In a world of devastation, you can share honest feelings of hopelessness -...

2023-12-03

8 min read

Type

Explainer

Five candles sit in a row against a dark background, only one is lit.

Beyond waiting: Advent’s acknowledgements and expectations

Alianore Smith

We can take stock of the darkness and expect the light.

2023-12-02

4 min read

Type

Column

An abstract image of red and gold fluid shapes akin to stained glass, seem to depict a face and an upstretched hand.

Why the incarnation adds up for me

Jonathan Rowlands

There’s much more to it than maths and linguistics.

2024-12-25

7 min read

Type

Podcast

A nocturnal snow-covered scene of a tree, chapel and Christmas tree casting shadows.

Christmas countdown day 24: midnight's anxiety

Paula Duncan

Challenging OCD on Christmas Eve to find freedom.

2024-12-24

1 min read

Type

Explainer

A boy concentrates hard as he holds one candle to another to light it.

‘Midnight Mass’: a guide for the perplexed

Jack Chisnall

Get set for the wee small hours.

2024-12-23

3 min read

Type

Podcast

Beyond a misty and raindrop streaked window, a colourful triangle shape emerges.

Christmas countdown day 23: the poets

Beatrice Scudeler

Tennyson, Eliot, Rossetti and L’Engle: at Christmas, sorrow doesn’t preclude...

2024-12-23

1 min read

Type

Article

A Christmas tree bauble depicts the Virgin and Child.

That mother mild

Simon Cansdale

A cartoon and a shampoo might shed some light on a lazy rhyme.

2024-12-22

5 min read

Type

Podcast

A carol singer looks down while candles flicker.

Christmas countdown day 22: the contrast

Katherine Amphlett

You learn more when Christmas feels wrong.

2024-12-22

1 min read

Type

Podcast

A woman dressed as a historical Middle Eastern innkeeper's wife.

Christmas countdown day 21: the innkeeper's wife

Natalie Garrett

Experience an overfamiliar story, in a new way. An audio one-woman show.

2024-12-21

1 min read

Type

Article

A Renaissance painting of Elizabeth greeting the Virgin birth show two woman reaching out to hug, while others look on.

The Visitation and Wicked taught me about welcoming

Jessica Brown

See, behold, recognise, welcome.

2024-12-21

4 min read