Kester Brewin

Author: KB

  • Mutiny! Discussion Boards

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    With more people reading Mutiny!, and some groups studying it in classes or reading groups, I thought it might good to have a discussion space where people can ask questions about the text and debate some of the issues in it. It’s a pretty old school solution, but thought I’d give some discussion boards a…

  • Moonwalker…

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    Now he is gone, all I can hope is that memories will be lunar: that the deep impressions you made with those first footprints will remain, windless and unstirred, giant leaps, forever ingrained in Tranquility. Rest in Peace Neil Armstrong. A quiet, huge gravity, courageous and inspirational, has left for another orbit. Gutted. Safe travels,…

  • Wider Angle | Summer Nods

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    You ALL wanted a late-summer hip-hop/turntablist* mix I scratched together from some very old head-nodding tunes right? Thought so! Or download. Track listing: Best Foot Forward // DJ Shadow Rocking With The Best // Alkoholics Viagra // DJ Vadim Stakes is High // De La Soul Concrete Schoolyard // Jurassic 5 Showtime // Big Dada…

  • Thoughts on The Dark Knight: Weaponised Violence, and Hand-to-Hand Fighting

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    If you follow my Twitter at all you may have picked up that I went to see the latest (and last) Christopher Nolan installment of the Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises. You may also have picked up that I found the film problematic, partly in terms of the plot – which seemed over-convoluted and lacking true…

  • Beating the Bounds: Pussy Riot and Orthodox Pirate Practice

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    Been meaning to write something on Pussy Riot for a while now. I’ve been reflecting on how their protest resonates with the ancient practice of ‘beating the bounds.’ Traditionally, each year, members of a parish would march around the parish boundary, often singing hymns and songs. The ritual served two purposes. Firstly, it passed on…

  • A Very Modern Decathlon: Who Would Win the ‘Whole Person’ Olympic Gold?

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      One of the things I liked about Tom Wolfe’s novel I Am Charlotte Simmons is the journey that one of the main characters, Jojo, takes, from ‘dumb college jock’ to athletic student of philosophy. It’s an arc that’s not that uncommon: the pursuit of excellence in sport requires careful reflection on the self; top…