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Politics

13 March 2024

2 min read

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Explore the impact of politics and understand its key themes.

Nick Jones

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

A TV roundtable discussion with five people against a backdrop of Parliament.

Politicians and pundits discuss the Lee Anderson issue.

A head and shoulders portrait consisting of large disc-like pixels that obscure the real person..

The trouble with identity politics

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Christian Nationalism

Christian Nationalism: an uncontrollable ideological fusion

In America, Cross, Flag, and Nation have become fused into a single, toxic...

Conspiracy theory

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A woman talks in an interivew.

The consequences of truth-telling are so severe our leaders can’t admit their mistakes

When accountability means annihilation, denial is the only way to survive

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A Border Force officer wears body armour with Immigration Enforcement written on the back

Families like mine are impossible now, thanks to the idol that is the net migration target

Politician priests are making pointless sacrifices on the altar of numbers

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A crowd of people stand in the side steps of the Lincoln Memorial

Our public discourse needs responsible rhetoric before it is too late

The right turn of phrase can turn a nation, the wrong one can destroy

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Diane Abbott speaks in the assisted dying debate.

What will stop the culture of death that libertarian Britain has embraced?

Now we’re allowed to end life with impunity

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Amid a bombed alley, a victim is helped to walk by a rescue worker

We must invest in defence, fast - it’s the only moral thing to do

The responsible use of force today precludes pacifism

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Dark clouds over Durham Cathedral

The peripheries of belief: how faith shaped the north’s identity

Northern spirituality’s rebellious capacity to adapt is still in play today

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A footballer holds up the European cup, behind him fans are jubillant.

PSG’s win signals politics over purpose – other institutions take note

When church and football feign neutrality, politics can ride roughshod

Jonathan Rowlands

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A digital billboard reads: STAY

Assisted dying, Jane Austen and how to solve the Gaza conflict

New episode: the silent campaigns groups, Jane Austen inspires, and why only...

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A suited politician stands looking pensive, framed by two out of focus audience members.

The tragic heart of British politics

As political party conferences commence, Belle TIndall is riveted and...

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Across the heads of a roadside crowd, men wearing orange sashes and military band uniforms march along.

Outsourcing our identities: the corrosive effect of political tribalism

Political identities need to connect with core identities, Andy Flannagan...

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A group of people stand in a field by a fence and a railway footcrossing.

Why we need a gentle radical revolution

Our social arrangement needs to prioritise human relationships, argues MP...

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A politician stands a labelled lectern speaking and gesticulating with a hand.

After Angela: why Christian Democracy still works

Feeling somewhat labelled, George Pitcher unpacks why Christian Democracy...

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A women stands beside in a corridor beside a large window through which a wing of a building and a distant hillside can be see,

"Nobody is neutral": Kate Forbes on her Christian faith and political future

Politician Kate Forbes knows how it feels when public life misunderstands a...

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A frail old lady, the late Queen, rises from a sofa to shake hands with an approaching woman.

What a monarch’s meeting teaches about politics and permanence

A monarch meeting a prime minister is a symbol of a deeper truth in a...

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an aerial view down in to the parliamentary chamber shows MPs sitting on benches on the left and right hand side

The language of politics can’t domesticate religion

Political life’s Left-Right structure fails when it tries to co-opt...

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Podcast

Podcasts

Seen & Unseen Aloud

26 February 2025

1 min read

Trump, fashion and the FA Cup

Listen now. Is Trump the new emperor? What are the tensions between fashion and religion? And, is the Cup really magic?

Natalie Garrett

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

in a dressing room, celebrating footballer crowd together for a photograph.

Plymouth's players celebrate.

Plymouth Argyle FC

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This week, Graham Tomlin compares and contrasts President Trump with a Roman Emperor of yesteryear; Alexandra Kytka-Sharpe explores the tensions between London Fashion week and religion; Jonathan Rowlands digs deep into "the magic of the Cup"