Seen & Unseen Live at Bradford Literature Festival with Lamorna Ash, Francis Spufford and Chine McDonald

We’re bringing Seen and Unseen to life through a string of live events. And you’re invited.

Nick Jones

Nick is the senior editor of Seen & Unseen.

Over 500 events across historic venues, Bradford Literature Festival

In a world marked by uncertainty and division, what does it mean to believe – in faith, in ourselves, in one another?

Join Dr. Belle Tindall, host of the Seen and Unseen podcast, for a live recording with Lamorna Ash, Chine McDonald, and Francis Spufford. From surviving personal crises to questioning cultural myths and navigating religious tradition, these acclaimed writers explore how belief shapes our identities, communities, and hopes for the future.

This thought-provoking conversation moves between the personal and political, asking: in fractured times, how do we make sense of belief, and where might it lead us next?

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Thursday, 3 July 2025 | 19:00 – 20:30

The Norcroft Auditorium, University of Bradford, BD7 1DP

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Seen & Unseen Aloud

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Seen & Unseen Aloud: new episode

C.S. Lewis' storytelling, Shardlake, and the mistakes that set us apart.

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

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Shardlake, left, played by Arthur Hughes.

In the second of our Summer episodes, Simon Horobin unpacks CS Lewis's assertion that great stories allow ideas to be experienced rather than merely thought about; James Cary explores the Disneyfication of the Monasteries in Shardlake and Sylvianne Aspray asserts that it's our mistakes that set us apart from the machines.