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In this episode Nick Brewer contemplates becoming a Dad and what he has learned from the love of his own father; Henna Cundill follows her nose on an emotional scent trail from childhood to adulthood and, as part of our How to Die Well series, Natalie Garrett talks about her experience of bereavement and what death has taught her about life.

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Seen & Unseen Aloud

8 September 2025

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Ed Sheeran's Irishness, being school-ready, and Tim Burton's Wednesday

The latest episode of Seen & Unseen Aloud

Natalie Garrett

Natalie produces and narrates The Seen & Unseen Aloud podcast. She's an Anglican minister and a trained actor.

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About this episode

This week, Julia Kendal looks beyond the flags flying to Ed Sheeran's (and our own) sense of national belonging; Henna Cundill asks whether the Education Secretary's new plans will genuinely help our children become school ready and life ready; Lauren Westwood explores Tim Burton's world of the outsider in Netflix's Wednesday.

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