Seen & Unseen Aloud: new episode

Zeal, reform, and weaponised words.

Natalie Garrett

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

An enthusiastic hiker stands in front of a view down a valley, smiling and holding his backpack straps.

Simon Reeve on his travels.

This week we start with the infectious zeal of Simon Reeve's green agenda; we go to the Garrick Club with George Pitcher, comparing the vote for inclusion of women in its membership with the vote for ordaining women as priests in the Church of England; we close with Krish Kandiah's poignant telling of the parallel stories of Daniel Anjorin, Salman Rushdie and Bishop Mar Mari, highlighting the part words play in a world rife with knife crime.

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Re-enchanting

23 July 2025

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Re-Enchanting... Live at Bradford Literature Festival

Chine McDonald, Lamorna Ash and Francis Spufford, on belief and how to navigate our 'age of crisis'.

Nick Jones

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

a book festival panel listen to one of them speak.

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Recorded live at Bradford Literature Festival 2025, Belle Tindall brings together three of the most influential voices of the moment: Chine McDonald, Lamorna Ash and Francis Spufford. Together, they speak about what belief is, what it isn't, and how people are navigating our 'age of crisis'.

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