Natalie Garrett

Oct 29, 2024 | seenandunseen.com | Natalie Garrett |Jonathan Evens |James Smith |Imogen A. Ball

Explainer Comment Economics 6 min read Few doubt that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will be putting up taxes when she presents her first Budget on October 30th.  The political narrative of recent months has very much been of an alleged fiscal “black hole” of £22bn - or is it £40bn? - that somehow needs to be filled.

Jul 25, 2024 | seenandunseen.com | Natalie Garrett |Jamie Mulvaney |George Pitcher |Jonathan Evens

Column Culture Sport 4 min read The Book of Heroic Failures, published by Stephen Pile in 1979, records a story of the Welsh Dean of St Asaph, Daniel Price, in the late 17th century. Contemporary biographer John Aubrey noted that Price was a “mighty Pontificall proud man.” So proud that he declined to parade on foot outside his cathedral, but rather rode a mare in full vestments, reading from the Book of Common Prayer.

May 6, 2024 | seenandunseen.com | Graham Tomlin |Harry Gibbins |Natalie Garrett |Krish Kandiah

I meet many anxious people as I wait for meetings in the Palace Westminster, but one in particular stands out. As I was queueing to get through security, a breathless American man rushed over asking if he was in the right place to meet the Minister of State for Universities. Once I had reassured him that he was, and he had caught his breath, I asked him where he was from and what he did for a job. He told me he was a social psychologist from New York.

May 2, 2024 | seenandunseen.com | Graham Tomlin |Natalie Garrett |George Pitcher |Harry Gibbins

Column Character Comment 4 min read The story of Huw Edwards presents challenges to anyone who wonders how to respond appropriately. The news anchor is back, on the news agenda rather than presenting it, having resigned from the BBC on “medical advice”. In news terms, it seems a long time ago – nearly a year – when stories emerged that he had paid a teenager for what are blushingly called “explicit images”.

Apr 16, 2024 | seenandunseen.com | Graham Tomlin |Jennifer Lander |Laurence Fletcher |Natalie Garrett

Interview Culture Economics 5 min read Adrian Pabst is Professor of Politics at the University of Kent, and deputy director at The National Institute of Economic and Social Research. His lecture on Just Economy? Catholic Social Thought, Mutualism and Roads Not Yet Taken, was a highlight of the Lincoln Lectures series, organised by Together for the Common Good. Financial markets journalist Laurence Fletcher talks with him to discover more about his thinking.