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. Books
  2. Comment
A book's front cover beside a portrait of the author, JD Vance

The elegies that fail the forgotten places

Elizabeth Wainwright
Storytelling’s not about giving people a voice, it's about listening to what they’re singing.
6min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Mental Health
A podcaster speaks into a mic before a screen.

What all those BetterHelp ads say about ourselves

Jamie Mulvaney
Podcasting and therapy alike scratch our itch to be inquisitive about things, even our own inner worlds.
4min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Joy
Cartoon character Joy looks up with arms held open.

Dopamine-ing ourselves dilutes the real power of joy

Natalie Garrett
Ditch being happy all the time.
5min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Gaza
A graffitied concrete border wall stands below a blue sky and dusty ground

Gaza-Israel: bankrupt ideas still capture too many of us

Todd Deatherage
One year on, we’ve turned no pages, learned no lessons, made no progress.
7min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Gaza
Split-screen on TC shows many different news channels in English, Arabic and Hebrew.

Israel-Gaza war anniversary: why peacemakers need a touch of doubt

Graham Tomlin
Which narrative do you believe?
7min read
Column
  1. Comment
  2. Middle East
Dots of light, caused by missles, fall across a night sky above the city

‘The silent stars go by’, mocking the Middle East peace process

George Pitcher
Where are today’s witnesses to peace in the Holy Lands?
4min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Gaza
A young doctor wearing scrubs smiles.

The human cost of the Israel-Gaza war

Tim Goodacre
A veteran volunteer surgeon laments a well lived life.
5min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Politics
Military personnel, wearing camoflague uniform crowd round a computer monitor.

The emerging frontier: renewing courage in geopolitics

Emerson Csorba and Gal Treger
Narcissistic moralising needs to stop, and we can learn from Churchill too.
8min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Economics
A statue of a Georgian man looks to the left.

The Conservative Party needs a moral reset

Jean Kabasomi
A party member recalls that Adam Smith was a moral philosopher as well as an economist.
4min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Politics
A group of four people stand in front of an even banner, smiling

Exploring Labour’s parameters of hope

David Barclay
At the party’s conference, meeting mayors and old friends rekindle a restless hope.
5min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. War & peace
A woman squats and touches a war memorial

How Ukraine reckons with its reality

Mark Meynell
From Kyiv's coffee shops to the front line.
6min read
Article
  1. Climate
  2. Comment
A fallen statute with tyre tracks over it lies on the steps to a government building, in a form of protest.

Climate meets politics at UN summits, so who will save us?

Julia Kendal
It's that time of year when commitments to change are sought. Is there a different way to power the energy transition?
5min read