Seen & Unseen Aloud: the editor's cut

Need a little Christmas day recuperation? Sit back, relax and listen to a little Christmas compilation picked by senior editor Nick Jones.

Nick Jones

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

A field of ploughed red soil leads down to a hedged lane.

Red Devon soil near South Hams.

For the Christmas season, the team at Seen & Unseen Aloud have put together Christmas Compilations from the past year: sit back and enjoy a curated stroll down memory lane - have we picked your favourites?

In the second of our Christmas compilations, it's my turn to pick my favourites.

Pondering the power of place and how it roots us and asks us to play our part here and beyond.
Of the seven deadly sins Pride is egotism with a capital E.
How an aspect of the Christmas inspires an ethical response to social censure.

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21 July 2025

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Don Quixote liberating spirit, and the five-hour outdoor drama that wowed

Jonathan Rowlands feels liberated by reading Don Quixote and Rachel Luckett is uncharacteristically effusive

Natalie Garrett

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

Statues of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza point toward a windmill

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza statues, Tandil, Argentina.

Alena Grebneva, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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About this episode

This week we explore the world of art in literature and drama: Jonathan Rowlands feels liberated by reading Don Quixote and Rachel Luckett is uncharacteristically effusive about her experience attending The Life of Christ at Wintershall.

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