Kester Brewin

Tag: Trickster

  • Dirty Books: Why You Should Read Mutiny… and Why Many People Won’t

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      One of the nicest parts about publishing a book is getting the feedback from people once they’ve read it. Not the reviews – that’s more distant – but actual readers on the ground. With Mutiny! (which is on special 25% discount for the next few days) what’s been interesting is hearing people’s reactions to…

  • 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…

  • Clinton? Obama? McCain? This Guy Gets My Vote…

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    Thanks so much to Shane and his people for sending me a copy of his new book, written with Chris Haw, Jesus for President. It’s gorgeous to look at and hold, fabulously designed, and perfectly balanced between seriousness and playfulness… starting with the title. Why can’t every Christian book be like this? I just hope…

  • Jaime Lerner ¦ Stealth and the City ¦ The City is Not the Self

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    Thanks to Helen of Urban Practitioners for sending me this article in The Guardian a couple of weeks back about Jaime Lerner and his radical environmental policies that have transformed the Brazilian city of Curitiba. I say environmental in the truest sense: he is an architect by trade, and is concerned with the built environment,…

  • Frrvrr.com

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    This is Onion genius. Read it and weep, Web 2.0. Technorati: Frrvrr | Onion | Web 2.0

  • Sort it out gays – stop destroying earth!

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    The Telegraph reported recently that an Israeli MP has blamed the recent spate of earthquakes in the Middle East on gays. The Knesset has recently repealed various laws about homosexuality, and this created the siesmic events. Gays were also to blame for flooding in Britain last year, according to one Bishop, and one might also…