We’re wrapping up the year reviewing what articles were most popular with Seen & Unseen readers. Our final analysis is of the top 10 contributor takes on the year’s events. What did our writers, well, write about?
Two interviews resonated with our readers. One with a volunteer surgeon in Gaza, while the other got to the bottom of what’s kept a veteran politican going. Talking of which, we also gave Joe Biden some advice too.
We reviewed Kier Starmer’s favourite book, praised Sally Rooney’s new opus, and watched a Netflix blockbuster that gave the church a bad name. And took Disney to task for the Disneyfication of the monasteries.
On matters of the mind and heart we took Ted and Taylor to task, while critiquing a dating app's shade-throwing ad.
And, like, our editor-in-chief’s top story, paganism high profile needed investigating too.
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7 - Stephen Timms: still on mission
The MP on five decades trying to prove a Christian Tory wrong.
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6 - Self-belief: what Ted and Taylor get wrong
Psychologist Roger Bretherton questions whether believing in ourselves is all it’s cracked up to be, despite what culture icons might say.
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5 - Shardlake: the Disneyfication of the Monasteries
What works, and doesn’t, translating from page to screen.
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2 - Eye witness: life and death in Gaza’s European Hospital
Returning plastic surgeon Tim Goodacre reports on the struggles, the despair and the dignity of the people and the medics of Gaza during their long nightmare.
Explore more articles on themes in this article: Gaza, Israel, Middle East, S&U interviews, Suffering, War & peace.
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