Seen & Unseen Aloud

In the last volume of the Seven Deadly Sins, Graham Tomlin looks at what’s lost to life when sloth sets in; while also digesting gluttony’s distorting obsession with food. Our series is brought to a reflective conclusion by psychologist Roger Bretherton as he turns sin back to front with a subversive proposition: we don’t understand sin because we don’t understand goodness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we have a smorgasbord of culture: Nathan Betts talks about Taylor's truth and how her superstar authenticity appeals; Musicologist Daniel Chua explores the faith found in the music of the hero of humanism, Beethoven; music may be the food of love but Matthew Croasmunexplains how food is the nexus of relationships. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we mark the beginning of the school year with Henna Cundill taking an honest look beyond headlines about school refusers and ghost children; Yaroslav Walker ambles down an academic memory lane reminding us of back to school movies of the last 5 decades; George Pitcher gives us a lesson in looking evil squarely in the face Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we consider the character of Justice, as seen through the Lucy Letby case; we take a leisurely stroll through the ills of Sloth with Graham Tomlin and discover the joys of seeing slowly with Alex Hughes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this second volume of the Seven Deadly Sins, we hear Belle Tindall exploring how Lust minimises or sensationalises sex and desire; we find James Mumford encountering Anger, reflecting that its object is no mere object; and Jonathan Aitken identifies Pride as egotism with a capital E and the cause of his own royal flush of crises Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's episode takes an insider's tour of the Edinburgh Fringe experience with James Cary; a wander through a couple of classics of English literature with Graham Tomlin seeking answers to the question of loneliness; and we read an open letter by Narnia fan John Kuhrt to a daunted Hollywood director, on helping her handle the Great Story Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we have the usual eclectic mix: we hear the second part of the confessions of an atheist series (see the website for other articles) by Stefani Ruper; we hear about the reassurance Graham Tomlin finds in the unpredictability of the football season; and we hear something of the powerful reality of a life controlled by personal pride as written by former MP (now Prison Chaplain) Jonathan Aitken Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The first volume of our series on the Seven Deadly Sins, this volume comprises an introduction to sin itself as Graham Tomlin introduces the idea of a spiritual/moral health check. We hear Roger Bretherton's take on envy (jealousy's evil cousin) and Jane Williams' consideration of greed. Stay tuned for further volumes exploring the other five... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we travel to the Andes - listening to the music of a garden with Anthony Baker; back in time to find King Edward I meeting a Chinese monk in Bordeaux with Benjamin Sharkey; and into the age of re-enchanting and the related brandification of spiritual experience with Daniel Kim. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's episode offers us 2 articles thinking deeply about the potential shallows of Barbieland - Lauren Windle's The Good the Bad and the Barbie and Belle Tindall's thoughtful insights into Billie Eilish's soundtrack song What was I made for? - and then to bring us crashing back into the Real World, Jon Kuhrt explores why "Begging bothers us tremendously". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.