Kester Brewin

Category: Arts

  • London Nights | Zizek and Apple

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    London is continually fascinating. As humans we are always quick to project personalities onto our creations; London the person is complex, darkly funny, steeped in history, welcoming all but criticising many, intelligent, crafty… a heavy drinker who enjoys the night. ‘London Nights‘ looks like a brilliant series of 10 radio programmes, looking at the city…

  • Democracy… or Vandalism?

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    Looks like it could be an interesting day in Parliament Square today. Having been encamped by the Houses of Parliament since May, peace protestors have been served with an eviction order – meaning they have to leave the site by 4pm today. Rather than try to argue their democratic right to protest, the Mayor of…

  • The Varieties of Religious Experience | In Our Time

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    I’ve said it many times here before, but if you haven’t already tuned in to Radio 4’s ‘In Our Time‘ archive on your iTunes, then you’re seriously missing out. Listening to it I’m always reminded of the great quote in Good Will Hunting where Will quips to a Harvard student: you wasted $150,000 on an…

  • Glastonbury | Festivals

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    For the first time in years I actually wish I was at Glastonbury, rather than just watching the muddy mayhem on TV. The festival space is hugely important, a carnival intervention into the everyday where new inversions of dress, cuisine and social space are celebrated. The BBC’s coverage is excellent as ever, but I had…

  • Rude Britannia | Dirt | Nothing Going on in the UK Church?

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    Had a fine morning yesterday with Barry Taylor at the Tate Britain. We went round the very wonderful Rude Britannia exhibition, which is a lot deeper and richer than saucy postcards, though there are plenty like this one above to tickle your fancy. Different rooms of exhibition have been co-curated by the likes of Harry Hill, Steve Bell…

  • LIFT – Theatre and the Digital Democracy – Debate at the ICA

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    Really interesting debate happening at the ICA next Thursday, hosted by LIFT, entitled The Digital Democracy: The desire to reconfigure the relationship between theatre and audience has been a recurring theme in experimental theatre practice for decades. Catalysed by a new generation of theatre makers for whom gaming and the associated digital interactivity is the…