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. Comment
  2. Politics
A view from a football stand over heads to the pitch.

Bad blood is damaging both football and politics

Jonathan Rowlands
Are we all in the stands baying for blood?
5min read
Article
  1. Care
  2. Comment
Three posters with suicide prevention messages.

Suicide prevention cannot be done in isolation

Rachael Newham
Community response is needed, not just remote call-handling
4min read
Snippet
  1. Comment
  2. Politics
MPs sit and stand in a crowded parliament.

Who’d be an MP today?

Jamie Mulvaney
A vulnerable vocation that we should all consider
3min read
Article
  1. Belief
  2. Church and state
An English flag flies on a church tower.

Sorry, Danny Kruger, a Christian nation is a bad idea

Sam Tomlin
Quite simply you cannot build a nation-state on the teaching of Jesus
5min read
Article
  1. Character
  2. Comment
Two Brownies point out their badges.

Guiding’s new badges don’t deserve this media criticism

Paula Duncan
Encouraging interests builds character now and for tomorrow
6min read
Essay
  1. Comment
  2. Community
A commemorative blue plaque on a a wall is smashed to pieces

The country needs fixing, here’s where to start

W. Elliot Bulmer
Turning back the clock, closing the gates, and putting up more flags, is not the answer
8min read
Article
  1. Character
  2. Comment
A teacher looks on as a young child concentrates on writing.

Is your child school ready?

Henna Cundill
What really matters as a child develops
5min read
Article
  1. Books
  2. Comment
Elderly amateur sleuth stand by their pinboard.

Murder we wrote: how cosy crime and psycho-thrillers carve our minds

Theodore Brun
Our reactions have changed from heart-wringing cries to merely puzzle-solving
6min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Identity
A Union Jack is draped over a railing, next to a red flag saying Jesus.

Which nation are you flying the flag for?

Julia Kendal
Flag raisings, Ed Sheeran, and my split national identity
5min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Ethics
A church altar holds commemorative frames of killed journalists

There’s light and darkness in journalism’s truth game

George Pitcher
“There’s your truth, there’s my truth and there’s the truth.”
4min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Education
A check list shows 'thank you' in different languages.

Cutting language learning is a moral failure

Jonathan Rowlands
Learning someone’s tongue is a deeply humble and empathetic act
6min read
Article
  1. Belief
  2. Church and state
A backbench MP stands in an almost empty chamber and speaks

Danny Kruger, Christian values, and the dangers of thin religion

Graham Tomlin
Thick or thin? Christianity’s role in Britain’s cultural crossroad
6min read