Kester Brewin

Category: Arts

  • Musings…

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    Spring always makes me look back. Been listening to quite a lot of music recently, some new, some old… Reminded of my times way back playing in a band, Caned and Able, which took the Bristol jazz-funk scene by storm in a hash-enveloped cloud for a while. Recorded with Massive Attack, supported James Taylor Quartet…

  • Direct to Kindle: ‘Into Great Science’ available now

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    Amazon now allow anyone to publish to their store using ‘Kindle Direct Publishing‘ so I’ve uploaded a short story called ‘Into Great Science’ which I wrote last year. “Fumbling, floating, he found the hammer, and headed for the window…” In lean times NASA has gone into partnership with the Catholic Church, launching a ‘Voyager’-style probe…

  • Why I’m Done with Ian McEwan. And Why You Should be too.

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    I’m perfectly sure he won’t give a crap, but I’m certain I’ll feel better for it – I’m done with Ian McEwan. He’s a gifted writer, no mistake about that, and I’ve genuinely enjoyed some of his books. But then Saturday was just…too knowing. Too aware of its own cleverness. A bit showy. But whatever,…

  • Hipsters Don’t Dream Beyond East Croydon

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    I had a dream last night. In full vivid colours. Groups of hipsters were walking in woods, by rivers. I wondered where they were, and how they got there, and was shown that this was their Sunday retreat, a place in the countryside, within reach of London, where there was walking, and birdsong. I went…

  • The Difficulty of Silence | Cage Against the Machine | Egos

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    I love what’s happening with the attempt to get a charity recording of John Cage’s 4’33” to Christmas No.1 – thereby ousting the almost inevitable other contender – some X-Factor manufactured product who we’ll struggle to remember this time next year. This video has been released documenting the recording of the piece – with the…

  • Changing Educational… and Theological… Paradigms

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    Another quite brilliant animation from the RSA – this time of a lecture by Sir Ken Robinson. It’s on changing educational paradigms, but the applications to changing theological ones are there for the taking. Beautifully done, and very very inspiring.