Seen & Unseen Aloud: new episode

Bullies in politics, marriage as martyrdom, and VAR stealing the joy.

Natalie Garrett

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

A fierce looking man walks at the head of a phalanx of suited men.

Trump strides from the White House to St John's Church, 2020.

The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Henna Cundill and a tutorial of students discuss the living martyrdom of marriage; George Pitcher unearths Trump and Putin's Christ complex and Graham Tomlin gives VAR a red card.

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Awe and wonder

Christmas culture

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22 December 2024

1 min read

Christmas countdown day 22: the contrast

You learn more when Christmas feels wrong.

Katherine Amphlett

Katherine is a counsellor based in the West Midlands.

A carol singer looks down while candles flicker.

Coventry Cathedral.

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