Seen & Unseen Aloud: new episode

Listen to curated to narrated articles. This week: how Veganuary is faring, the awe in ancient cave art, and a modern megachurch in an Egyptian cave.

Nick Jones

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

One of the Zabballeen's Cave Churches,

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As ever, we have a smogarsbord to listen to... Iwan Russell-Jones explores some 30,000 year old cave paintings; Trystan Owain Hughes asks why Veganuary still has merit and Graham Tomlin tells the story of how the biggest church in the Middle East was born in Garbage City.

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Seen & Unseen Aloud

31 March 2025

1 min read

Simnel cake, culture wars, Amandaland and singing along.

New episode: Katherine Amphlett, Graham Tomlin, Beatrice Scudeler, and Natalie Garrett write.

Natalie Garrett

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

A close up of a Simnel Cake shows 12 balls on top.

James Petts, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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In this week's particularly eclectic mix, Katherine Amphlett shares what she's learnt about forgiveness from a Simnel Cake; Graham Tomlin brings Blaise Pascal into play in today's culture wars; Beatrice Scudeler finds the reality of Amandaland, and Natalie Garrett lets loose with some Primary school assembly bangers.