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Seen & Unseen Aloud
War & peace
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New episode: Seen & Unseen Aloud

Listen to a curated selection of the editor's top picks: the art of dying, the end of killing and the search for Martin Luther King.

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

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A dove rests on a wall in Gaza, 2021.
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This week, Lydia Dugdale celebrates All Saints Day by remembering the lost of art dying well; George Pitcher observes that simple calls for peace are often against the grain of power, yet many still yearn for it, even when faced with complexities and impossibilities; Ian Hamlin talks about the merging of stories and their power to inspire and change the world, as he continues on the trail to find out more about his hero.

Listen to a curated selection of the editor's top picks which caught our interest this week. We also release themed boxsets from time to time.
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Christmas culture
Culture
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Christmas offers moment of relief amid global political and economic turmoil

Read Graham Tomlin's article for the Daily Express.

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

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This was the year of elections. More than 100 countries, including many of the world’s most populous – Brazil, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Russia, Mexico – all held national polls in this past year.

Around half of the world’s population voted for new governments during the past 12 months. Yet what difference did it make?