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Seen & Unseen Aloud: the director's cut

At the start of a new year, Bishop Graham Tomlin looks back over his favourite articles of 2023.

Graham is the Director of the Centre for Cultural Witness and a former Bishop of Kensington.

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A 13th Century depiction of a meeting between Latin and east Syrian clerics.
AtlasAtlas des Croisades, Jonathan Riley-Smith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

At the start of a new year, Bishop Graham Tomlin - Director of the Centre for Cultural Witness, publisher of Seen & Unseen and the Seen & Unseen Aloud podcast, looks back over his favourite articles of 2023.

  • The Screwtape Letters image of hell as an unscrupulous business is still relevant. Simon Horobin tells how C.S. Lewis came to author the influential bestseller.
  • An astonishing tale of a Chinese priest meeting a medieval monarch sheds a different light on the extent of Christendom. Benjamin Sharkey tells the surprising tale of the historic Asian church.
  • Bach’s boundless abundance: the making of a musical genius. Jeremy Begbie shares how Bach explored musical possibility.

 

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Talia Dean: re-enchanting X Factor madness

Talia talks about dealing with the celebrity world.

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

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Talia Dean.

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Talia Dean became a household name in 2017 after she wowed judges on the X Factor with her stunning vocals. She went on to a successful music career, collaborating with Brian May of Queen among others. But Talia recently announced she has quit the mainstream music industry after rediscovering her Catholic faith in a big way at the end of last year.

Justin and Belle talk to Talia about what sparked her return to faith and dealing with the celebrity world of X Factor madness.

for more about Talia visit her website.

Watch Talia's X Factor audition