Kester Brewin

Author: KB

  • Religion: No Longer The Dope

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    There was a ‘spending review’ here in the UK yesterday at which the Chancellor Jeffrey George Osborne announced even more financial austerity over the next few years. At the same time, it was announced that SnapChat was valued at $800m. On a day when economic forecasts were more gloomy than ever and those on benefits…

  • New Poem: Blue

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    Blue The far sky the deep night the deep ocean deep throat the sound of sadness the colour of elsewhere the damned hue within that will not out. (c) KB 2013   Radiolab on lack of blue in any ancient texts here; Charlie Byrd playing ‘Blues for Night People’ here; Still no one can tell me why it’s called ‘the…

  • Man of Steel (Not God of Krypton) – A Radical Review

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    I saw Man of Steel last night, and, as a big ‘superhero’ film thought I’d post some reflections on it in the light of After Magic, which deals with the superhero archetypes seen in the recent Batman and Spiderman films. Spoiler Alert As a quick outline, the film opens with a crisis on Krypton. The people…

  • I don’t Believe in Ghosts, I Believe in Ghosts

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    I’ve been really enjoying The Returned – a French thriller currently airing in the UK on Sunday evenings. (Watch the latest episode here.) It concerns the (apparent) return of some young people to a small town in the Alps, some 10 years after they had died. Giving lie to the easy words ‘I wish they…

  • Five Verses on Fatherhood

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    A new poem for Father’s Day. Da. Da A-Ba you our first attempts at speech you our desire to reach up in words and in words speak worlds into being. Daddy? A question too often with no reply speaking into absence empty rooms closed doors or nailed-down lids. The heavy cloak each prodigal is given…

  • Inform vs Transform – Limits of Online Discourse

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    Been thinking about the post I wrote yesterday, and wanted to respond properly with a post rather than a comment. Actually, with a question, I think, which is this: Have you ever had your viewpoint transformed by online discourse? Sure, we’ve all received information, and perhaps become informed by discussions. We may have actually changed…