Kester Brewin

Author: KB

  • Jonny Baker

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    "A fabulous book—original, creative, stimulating, provocative."Jonny Baker, author of Alternative Worship.

  • Asymmetry | Creativity | The Other

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    ‘In Our Time‘ – the BBC’s flagship science, mathematics and arts discussion programme – was on symmetry this week. It was, as ever, a fascinating mix of physics, philosophy and history, full of interesting moments, but one comment that jumped out at me was part of a section on symmetry in quantum / particle physics:…

  • The [Other] Lives of Others

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    I’ll add my praise to the fantastic debut feature ‘The Lives of Others‘. It really is a remarkable film. For those of you who haven’t seen it, it follows the story of a Stasi Officer assigned to bug and follow the life of a writer under suspicion in 1980’s East Germany. Through what he overhears…

  • Where Have All the Bees Gone?

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    From David Byrne’s journal: According to Einstein we’ve got a little over 4 years. Here’s a quote from him: “If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.” And…

  • Parasitic, Aggressive Blogs?

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    Thanks to Ben for the link: “Blogs,” [Oliver Kamm] wrote, “typically do not add to the available stock of commentary: they are purely parasitic on the stories and opinions that traditional media provide.” In The Guardian, Jonathan Freedland pointed out that the abusive, vitriolic nature of many blogs had turned the blogosphere into a “claustrophobic…

  • Why Does American Christianity Always Seem to Wait for the Real Thinking to be Done Elsewhere?

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    A few of us have been reading Marilynne Robinson’s wonderful novel Gilead recently. I can’t recommend it highly enough. One episode jumped out at me last night. The trickster, the Prodigal perhaps, of the novel is debating faith with the protagonist, an old preacher, when he asks: ‘Do you ever wonder why American Christianity always…