Kester Brewin

Author: KB

  • Original Pirate Material…

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    Being in that part of the UK for holiday, and hearing on the grapevine that a few people are interested in exploring the thinking I’ve been doing around Hakim Bey’s work on pirates and TAZ, I thought I’d round up a few things here… Firstly, the series of posts I did on ‘A Plea for…

  • Holidays…

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    Going to be away for a couple of weeks, so won’t be posting much… I will be in Devon though, which is good pirate territory, so who knows what timbers might get shivered. I’m going to be speaking at Greenbelt at the end of August, and very much looking forward to engaging in the ideas…

  • The Unconscious Microscope | Monsters

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    Fascinating series of images in The Daily Telegraph. Using an electron microscope, scientists have taken photographs (then recoloured) of bugs and insects… and it’s amazing just how ‘monstrous’ they look. It’s as if the human unconscious has its own microscope which has always been aware of these bizarre life-forms, which are so similar to the…

  • Into Great Science | Solar Flares

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    Very interesting report today in the Telegraph that NASA have detected a large solar flare erupting from the sun – which is likely to cause some spectacular displays of the northern and southern lights. These ‘coronal mass injections’ are actually a source of immense worry for disaster planners, as the largest eruption could result in…

  • Christian Armed Robber Talked Down By Christian Shop Assistant

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    Extraordinary story on the BBC site today. An armed robber who raided a mobile phone shop in Florida was talked down from his robbery by a shop assistant who ‘spoke to him about Jesus.’ The man said he was a Christian and was “embarrassed” to be doing what he was doing but that he needed…

  • Is Greenbelt a TAZ?

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    Interesting group of posts on TractrorGirl’s site, relating to Other, and the nature of TAZ, which Jonny has critiqued too, and I’ve responded to here. One thing in particular from TG’s site: the question about whether Greenbelt is a TAZ or not. In the book I use it as an example of one, based on…