Kester Brewin

Tag: Culture

  • Slow Down Week…

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    … is next week. Or whenever you feel like it, right? Technorati: Adbusters | Slow Down

  • Love Thy Neighbour… Wirelessly and for free | iPhones and Social Networking II

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    Following the previous post about some of the deeper issues behind social networking, and with the much hyped release of Apple’s iPhone, I was struck by this piece on Channel 4 news about free mobile calls on wireless. (It reminded me too about a Wired piece on open-source mobile phones, which is great) It seems…

  • We Like (Gay) Sheep Have Gone Astray?

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    In today’s Independent there is an interesting piece about gay sheep: For the past five years, a team of researchers at Orgeon State University has been investigating the sexuality of sheep. Early on, they proved what every sheep farmer knows: some 8 per cent of rams are gay. When it comes to sex, these woolly…

  • Loving Thy Neighbour: Out of Great Silence?

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    I’ve just returned from seeing Into Great Silence – a documentary by Philip Gröning about the Grande Chartreuse monastery, one of the most aescetic in the world. I am a huge documentary fan, and this is a truly wonderful film. The mix of HD digital and Super 8 footage, the all-natural light, with no crew…