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title: "The Ed Sheeran fallout, Gerwig's Aslan and the Archbishop's u-turn"
date: 2026-09-23T09:28:00+01:00
author: Zanna Meynell
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## The Ed Sheeran fallout, Gerwig's Aslan and the Archbishop's u-turn

### Watch Cross Section now

 

 

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  On Cross Section this week, Peter Lynas, Alicia Edmund and Danny Webster discuss the theme of division and polarisation that spans across all the trending headlines. The team cover six political, cultural and religious stories, looking at how we can be good news people amidst the chaos.

They cover Meryl Streep playing Aslan, the Ed Sheeran and Macklemore controversy, the village of Piddington wanting to leave the UK, a volunteer for Restore Britain being violently attacked, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s u-turn, and the Green party’s’ thoughts on Zionism. This is an episode not to be missed.

 

 

  #### Timestamps:

 

  0:00 Intro  
1:52 Meryl Streep as Aslan in Narnia  
 7:13 Ed Sheeran and Macklemore: where politics meets music  
 14:30 Piddington, the village that voted to leave the UK  
 20:20 Green Party ​‘Zionism is racism’ motion  
 24:20 Restore Britain volunteer assaulted  
 30:12 Archbishop of Canterbury’s interfaith award controversy  
 38:30 Good news people in a polarized world  
 42:35 Closing