Comment

Columnists and commentators focus a Christian lens on the news stories of the day. Comment is one of four key themes covered by Seen & Unseen.

Article
  1. Assisted dying
  2. Care
Three posters with suicide prevention messages.

Suicide prevention groups are abdicating their responsibility on assisted dying

Jamie Gillies
Not speaking out is a dereliction of duty to vulnerable people
5min read
Snippet
  1. Comment
  2. Community
An exercise class underway in a smart gym.

Third Space: the gym that offers belonging, but at a cost

Jessica Norman
The real third spaces are not about cost and exclusivity.
3min read
Article
  1. Ambition
  2. Comment
A red Ferrari parked on a posh London Street

Forget the Rich List, wealth needs deeper foundations than money

Jamie Mulvaney
Your neighbourhood might be cool or gentrified now, but where will you go when you die?
4min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Community
A prime minister stands next to an Albanian police officer in front of a ferry.

Starmer’s ‘island of strangers’ rhetoric is risky and wrong

Krish Kandiah
The Prime Minister needs an English lesson.
5min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Freedom of Belief
A couple stand on the steps of a cathedral in Iran.

No George, Christians aren’t free to worship in Iran

Steve Dew-Jones
Apologists make a mockery of the real costs of freedom of belief.
5min read
Article
  1. Attention
  2. Comment
A felled decidious tree lies sprawled on the ground. The freshly sawn stump and roots are in the foreground

The Sycamore Gap vandals were chasing the wrong sort of fame

Graham Tomlin
Fifteen minutes of notoriety is nothing - just ask St Cuthbert.
5min read
Snippet
  1. Character
  2. Comment
A montage shows two celebrity faces in opposition

Here’s why we play judge and jury on social media

Rosie Phillips
Discovering the truth about celebrity feuds.
3min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Justice
A court sits, with judges raised above the others.

The case of Peter Sullivan proves once and for all why we shouldn’t bring back the death penalty

George Pitcher
It’s not the wrongly convicted who are redeemed when justice is done - it’s all of us.
4min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Virtues
Graffiti of a tank with a peace laurel coming out of its barrel.

Who’d be a peacemaker these days?

Roger Standing
I’m no longer sure we properly grasp what peace is all about.
9min read
Article
  1. Belief
  2. Comment
Pope Leo waves to the crowd.

Here’s what Pope Leo really needs, and it’s not our speculation

Jack Chisnall
What the media analysis misses when projecting on to the new pope.
4min read
Explainer
  1. Comment
  2. Economics
A member of an audience makes a point while gesturing.

When someone makes a claim, ask yourself these questions

Alex Edmans
How stories, statistics, and studies exploit our biases.
5min read
Short story
  1. Comment
  2. Wildness
An eagle wheels against a purple stormy sky cut by lightening.

The Eagle - a new short story

Theodore Brun
A fable.
18min read