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“For the Knowing of the How.” Senior Editor, Seen & Unseen. www.seenandunseen.com Caversham, London, Scotland Audax. Snowsports Ex: HS2, Visa, 10 Downing St cat wrangler, COI, Gov.bm, Jupiter, New Media Age, St Andrews, East Kilbride.

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We need to rescue volunteering | Seen & Unseen

We need to rescue volunteering.
Our use of the word now reflects unwanted obligations, rather than a deep desire to serve.
www.seenandunseen.com/we-need-resc...

#volunteer #charity #compassion

05.06.2025 08:47 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Seen & Unseen Live Podcast: Belief in the Age of Crisis | 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 Belle Tindall, host of the Seen and Unseen podcast, for a live recording wi...

Seen & Unseen Live Podcast: Belief in the Age of Crisis
Thursday 3rd July at the Bradford Literature Festival
Join Belle Tindall and special guests; Lamorna Ash, Chine McDonald and Francis Spufford.

Thursday 3rd July at @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social

www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/seen-u...

03.06.2025 14:03 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Like it or not, the Like button has changed the world The internet wouldn’t be the same without the Like button, the thumbs-up icon that Facebook and other online services turned into digital catnip.

So, why do we have a Like button?

apnews.com/article/like... Like it or not, the Like button has changed the world

18.05.2025 14:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Low tide on the #Thames reveals the creatures of the deep.

13.05.2025 08:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Super cycle up the Hambleden valley and up and over to Watlington. Then onto the bridleways to run fast to Nuffield and wiggle back to Caversham.
#gravel #cycling

10.05.2025 16:15 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Here’s to the Met Gala, and to those who weren’t there | Seen & Unseen

Here’s to the Met Gala, and to those who weren’t there
We’re teaching ourselves that if we’re void of attention, we’re void of significance.

07.05.2025 15:09 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Up on to the downs west of Goring. Past Lothbury Hill and managed to find an old engine and the last mud in this part of the company.#cycling #gravel

05.05.2025 19:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Another gravellissimo ride on the Southern Chliterns.
#cycling #gravel

03.05.2025 20:35 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Meet a magnificently moustachioed moocher called Malibu. #pubcat. Spotted on a super evening cycle

01.05.2025 21:07 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Liverpool's title win shows us that we’re built for community | Seen & Unseen Jonathan is a theology lecturer and Liverpool FC fan.

'What’s the point of winning if I can’t be there to hug you and you and you and you?'
Jonny Rowlands was there, and writes on the meaning of Liverpool's title win.
#Liverpool #LFC #Community

www.seenandunseen.com/liverpools-t...

29.04.2025 16:15 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Durham looking mighty fine this afternoon.

24.04.2025 15:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Tasty looking hairpin at the end?

23.04.2025 20:36 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

#cycling coz I can’t spell it earlier

21.04.2025 09:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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And on to Lechlade for a rather tasty orange and cinnamon pain au raisin.

21.04.2025 09:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Wallingford: champion!

21.04.2025 07:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Riding from Reading to Gloucester this mornings. Misty blue bells in the high Chilterns then the big fields across the Thames beyond Wallingford. Pitstop at Didcot McDs
#cying

21.04.2025 07:33 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Why sculpt the face of Christ? | Seen & Unseen

Why sculpt the face of Christ?
In Nic Fiddian Green’s work we feel pain, strength, fear and wisdom.
#GoodFriday #Easter

www.seenandunseen.com/why-sculpt-f...

18.04.2025 17:13 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Tariffs destroy trust so where do we go next? | Seen & Unseen

Tariffs destroy trust so where do we go next?
Blunt weapons cause a mess in markets and lives, writes Paul Valler.
#Economics #Tariffs

www.seenandunseen.com/tariffs-dest...

10.04.2025 08:51 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Rails running golden at Reading earlier tonight.

08.04.2025 20:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The surprising last chapter of a guide to modern romance in crisis | Seen & Unseen

The surprising last chapter of a guide to modern romance in crisis. Read Belle TIndall on the motive love matters because it points to something truer, deeper, bigger.
#Romance #Dating #Culture

www.seenandunseen.com/surprising-l...

07.04.2025 18:41 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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A Thistle with Thorns History Podcast · The podcast for all things Scottish history! Murdo Fraser and James Bundy are here to shine a light on Scotland’s rich and often forgotten history. Murdo Fraser has been Scottish Co...

The annual re-enactment of an archbishop’s assassination is one of the high points of the Kate Kennedy Procession in St Andrews.This new podcast starts with the tale of Archbishop Sharp. It brings to life the murderous moment - excuse the pun.

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06.04.2025 08:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The British Medical Journal has superior click bait polls.
@bmj.com

04.04.2025 10:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Online webinar: Graham Tomlin in Conversation with Marilynne Robinson | Seen & Unseen

Seen & Unseen Live webinar: Graham Tomlin in Conversation with Marilynne Robinson.
Marilynne is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of titles such as Genesis, Gilead and more.
Reserve your free ticket now. April 14th 7.30pm BST.
#literature #webinar

www.seenandunseen.com/online-webin...

01.04.2025 16:37 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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How to survive a culture war | Seen & Unseen

How to survive a culture war.
Blaise Pascal shows us what really underlies our contemporary battles, writes his biographer Graham Tomlin.
www.seenandunseen.com/how-survive-...

27.03.2025 16:48 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you

26.03.2025 21:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

New podcast from the @themerl.bsky.social
The story of that absolute unit. With a great sidebar conversation about finding and conserving modern relics including digital ones.

26.03.2025 20:38 — 👍 49    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

I do a run out to Wantage once a year and it is a great out and back. Where’s the old plane?

26.03.2025 19:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Adolescence reflects our darkest corners, here's how we can respond | Seen & Unseen

Adolescence reflects our darkest corners, here's how we can respond.
Explore the #1 Netflix series with Lauren Westwood's review.
"Each one-take episode is an exercise in empathy."

www.seenandunseen.com/adolescence-...

25.03.2025 08:22 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Amandaland's portrayal of falling social standing is spot on | Seen & Unseen

What happens when motherhood is no longer rich, powerful, and terrifying, asks Beatrice Scudeler. Amandaland's portrayal of falling social standing is spot on

#MothersDay #Motherland #Amandaland
www.seenandunseen.com/amandalands-...

26.03.2025 11:15 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Fiesch Glacier
1908 | 2024

A magnificent compound glacier and also, in total discretion, the 3rd largest in the Alps! 💪
Maybe because it is flowing in the shadow of its illustrious and overwhelming neighbour!

Check the last story of this unmissable website: glacierchange.com/en/fieschgla...

20.03.2025 21:34 — 👍 41    🔁 13    💬 0    📌 1