New episode: Seen & Unseen Aloud

Listen to a curated selection of recent Seen & Unseen articles. This episode: de-coding carols, in a world of devastation, honest feelings of loss and hopeless in Advent, and the earth-shaking consequences of Christmas.

Nick Jones

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

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Nativity by Japanese artist Sadao Watanabe, (1913- 1996). Via BAME Anglican.

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Listen to a curated selection of recent Seen & Unseen articles. This episode we get a lesson in de-coding the hidden messages in Christmas carols from Ian Bradley; in a world of devastation, J.S. Averill shares poignant and honest feelings of loss and hopeless and the Advent possibility of not being overcome; Barnabas Aspray mines the earth-shaking consequences of Christmas

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Seen & Unseen Aloud

4 June 2025

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Natalie Garrett

Natalie produces and narrates The Seen & Unseen Aloud podcast. She's an Anglican minister and a trained actor.

Prince William talks with the Dean of Westminster Abbey, 2019.

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