Kester Brewin

Author: KB

  • We Turn From the Light to See

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    “We turn from the light to see.” Don Paterson, The Book of Shadows. Technorati: Paterson

  • Life after Life ¦ Christianity and Euthanasia ¦ Reverend Death

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    I finally got round to watching ‘Reverend Death’, Jon Ronson’s documentary about George Exoo, a Unitarian minister who has performed around 100 ‘assisted suicides’, mainly for those who have been turned down by other organisations practising legally in places/states where it is carefully controlled because they do not have terminal illnesses. Most of the people…

  • Top-Down | Bottom-Up | Powers

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    An excellent week away, helped by the fantastic sunshine that rayed on us every day, while the South got soaked in rain. Reading material for the train/ferry/bus etc. on the way up/down was this month’s Prospect, which contained an article from some old Blairites challenging Brown to move away from top-down centralised governance to a…

  • Off.

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    This blog is off for a week. Iona. No internet. No phone. No CCTV. No police. Whiskey, northern light, golden sands. And rain probably, but who cares?

  • The Long Road | Restorative Theatre

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    I went to see The Long Road at the Soho Theatre on Tuesday night. It’s a new play by Shelagh Stephenson based on her experience of working with Synergy Theatre and The Forgiveness Project in some of the UK’s toughest gaols. It’s been directed by Synergy founder (and brother of Jonny) Esther Baker, and follows…

  • United.

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    Champions. Premier League and Europe. Great match, well fought, but the best team won it. Come on!!!