Culture

Our curated articles offering new takes on the big themes and questions in our culture. Plus reviews of books, film, media and experiences. Culture is one of four key themes covered by Seen & Unseen.

Review
  1. Art
  2. Culture
A black and white illustration shows a man holding a walk stick standing among tomb-like structures.

Paradise cottage: Milton reimagin’d

Jonathan Evens
Artist Richard Kenton Webb converses with the blind poet in his former home.
5min read
Article
  1. Change
A nurse bends beside a bed and talks to a patient

Are we forgetting how to care?

Helen Cowan
The profound act at the heart of nursing.
6min read
Column
  1. Culture
  2. Sport
A dejected looking football manager ponders his feet while standing beside a pitch.

We're pretty useless really

George Pitcher
We all fail. Not just Southgate, Biden and Sunak.
4min read
Review
  1. Art
  2. Culture
An impressionist painting of runners bunched together on the bend of a track.

The collective effervescence of sport’s congregation

Jonathan Evens
Art captures how sport and religion are entwined throughout history.
5min read
Review
  1. Culture
  2. Film & TV
A coupe sit on outdoor steps against a blue sky. One holds a plate and the other looks towards them.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: 20 years on

Beatrice Scudeler
Memory and the meaning of suffering.
5min read
Explainer
  1. AI
  2. Culture
A caveman holding a hammer looks at a bench on which are a broken bicycle and a laptop.

Tech has changed: it’s no longer natural or neutral

James Lawrence
The first in a three-part series exploring the implications of technology.
6min read
Podcast
  1. Culture
  2. Podcasts
Two men in Tudor clothing converse in a street

Seen & Unseen Aloud: new episode

Natalie Garrett
C.S. Lewis' storytelling, Shardlake, and the mistakes that set us apart.
1min read
Article
  1. Culture
  2. Politics
A runner passes a church and a flag in an America suburb, under billowing clouds.

When America presses in on you

Jared Stacy
A returning American feels the heat generated by contesting ‘realities'.
6min read
Review
  1. Culture
  2. Sport
A footballer takes a penalty kick.

Shootout: what penalties say about life

Simon Burton-Jones
Football is a global language and the shootout is the end to Shakespearian tragedy.
5min read
Review
  1. Culture
  2. Economics
Kier Starmer sits on a sofa, leaning forward and holding papers he is reading. Rachel Reaves sits and looks on.

The book Keir Starmer says you must read

John Milbank
Will Hutton’s This Time No Mistakes surveys the thinking that could solve Britain’s ills.
10min read
Podcast
  1. Culture
  2. Faith
A woman guest on a podcast laughs.

Karen Swallow Prior: re-enchanting evangelicalism

Nick Jones
Belle and Justin speak to Karen about imagination in faith.
1min read
Article
  1. Culture
  2. Digital
On a dark street someone checks their mobile phone for messages.

Ghosting is not immature, it’s plain cruel

Belle Tindall
The dehumanising behaviour hiding in plain sight.
5min read