Kester Brewin

Author: KB

  • Kapoww! It’s the God-Men! | Which God are You Projecting?

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    On the radio this morning there was a piece about the Godmen movement which, according to the LA Times is “where thousands of men are reaching for more forceful, more rugged expressions of their faith.” It’s “where faith gets dangerous.” In the report there was a worship service featuring the World’s Strongest Man, who “doesn’t…

  • Web 2.0 Banking | Put Your Money Where Your Mouse Is

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    Taking ‘Social Networking’ and web trust networks to a whole new level Zopa is a platform for investors and borrowers to get together, totally by-passing the main-stream banking networks. You can invest a small amount each month by direct debit, or a larger lump sum. By spreading your investment around they minimize the risk of…

  • Damien Hirst | New Religion

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    A unique chance to catch Hirst’s ‘New Religion’ works for free, and in the amazing setting of the church of All Hallows on the Wall. “There are four important things in life: religion, love, art and science. People tend to think of religion and science as two very separate things, one cold and clinical, the…

  • Don’t Renew Trident | Eno/Albarn/Del Naja/Greenpeace

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    For today only you can catch a web-cast of the Anti-Trident performance of ‘5 minutes to Midnight’ on the decks of Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise last night while moored off Westminster on the Thames. The piece was written by Damon Albarn, Brian Eno and Robert del Naja. “I would say that even if Trident was a…

  • Comic Relief | It’s [not] All For Charity

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    Some time ago I wrote a piece on Art vs Justice, which threw about some arguments as to whether art is ethical when people are still dying of hunger. More recently some discussion around that issue came up over on Jonny’s blog as to whether art is ‘vital’ in itself or not. Tonight my niece…

  • Giggs Gets 700

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    I just had to take a quick break from paternal matters to give a heads up to a truly amazing event. I doubt you’ll read this over at Emerging Chelski or ProtestScousers, but today Ryan Giggs makes his 700th appearance for Manchester United. He made his full debut – check this out – 16 years…