Kester Brewin

Tragically, last night a 3rd boy was shot dead in South London, the latest victim of a possibly-connected spate of black on black youth killings. The police have responded by saying they are going to have armed patrols on the streets now. Like that’s going to work. Two of the boys were shot in their [...]

Steven Johnson, who wrote the fabulous book ‘Emergence’ [USA | UK] which inspired so much of ‘Signs…’ has a really interesting post on his blog about Leaving Brooklyn. It seems two friends of his were the victims of crime in the area and have decided enough is enough – they are moving out. Johnson’s post [...]

Which is where Peuplade comes in. (You can read the BBC’s article on it here.) It’s a Parisian social networking site that is helping people to meet their neighbours.  Which is great. Sort of. Of course it’s a positive thing that people are meeting up. But it worries me that it has taken the mediation [...]

So here’s the first proper post of the Signs blog. The book itself comes out in July, but why wait that long – I’m hoping we’ll be able to engage in some discussion way before then. (If you really can’t, you can order a copy of the UK version or download a sample chapter Having [...]