Kester Brewin

Month: May 2008

  • Off.

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    This blog is off for a week. Iona. No internet. No phone. No CCTV. No police. Whiskey, northern light, golden sands. And rain probably, but who cares?

  • The Long Road | Restorative Theatre

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    I went to see The Long Road at the Soho Theatre on Tuesday night. It’s a new play by Shelagh Stephenson based on her experience of working with Synergy Theatre and The Forgiveness Project in some of the UK’s toughest gaols. It’s been directed by Synergy founder (and brother of Jonny) Esther Baker, and follows…

  • United.

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    Champions. Premier League and Europe. Great match, well fought, but the best team won it. Come on!!!

  • “Money Having No Impact on Youth Crime” | “MPs Reject Need For Father in IVF”

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    Two pieces followed one-another on the radio this morning: MPs voted last night to remove the clause that required IVF clinics to consider the need for a child to have a father and a mother – essentially opening the way for women to have the treatment without any father-figure being present in the prospective child’s…

  • UK Wants Database of Every Phonecall, Email and Page View | Stop This Madness!!

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    Shocking news today: the UK government is proposing to create a database of every phonecall made and email message sent. (Update – original article in The Times here.) Yes, you did read that right: that would mean the government would effectively be tapping every phone call and intercepting every email and monitor every page view.…

  • “The Man Who Betrays God is the Stronger of the Two”

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    I’ve been reading some Yeats recently. In his short play, Calvary, Jesus is confronted by Judas as he walks with his cross: Judas: I betrayed you because you seemed all powerful. Jesus: My Father, Even if now I were to whisper it, Would break the world in his miraculous fury To set me free. Judas:…