Seen & Unseen Aloud: 1st anniversary special

We are one! We're revisiting some popular articles: joy at a Jacob Collier concert, and NT Wright on Easter, creation and justice.

Nick Jones

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

Jacob Collier in concert.

Jon Tilkin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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This week, Seen & Unseen Aloud celebrates its first birthday so this episode includes shout outs to our friends in the UK and around the world as well as replaying two of our most popular articles: Belle Tindall's joy in finding the sound of strangers belonging at a Jacob Collier concert and NT Wright's exploration of the Easter Story, finding where creation and justice converge.

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30 June 2025

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Prisons, spotless minds and more

New episodes: prison's impact on families, The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and a culture of death.

Nick Jones

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

Female prisoners hug their children who have climbed across a table to them.

Prisoners hug their children during a visit.

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About this episode

This week, Daniel Bey shares with us four things he's learnt from working with prisoners. Beatrice Scudeler has discovered Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 20 years on and unearths helpful wisdom for her own trauma. Graham Tomlin asks what will stop the culture of death that libertarian Britain has embraced?

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