Roger Luckhurst
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Roger Luckhurst
@TheProfRog
Writer, academic + freelance. Gothic, SF, lit + film. Recent book: Gothic (2021). *Graveyards: A History of Living with the Dead* coming soon.
London Katılım Mayıs 2010
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@EssBarraclough “Son, I didn’t understand a word you just said”
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@TheProfRog Just been to Currys for a power bank. No nieces.
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Stupid computer thing I couldn’t fix, and had to hire a young guy who sorted it in minutes. He also said: ‘I really recommend you install a niece or similar somewhere nearby: that’s what most of my old clients do.’
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Weather forecast this morning: pathetic fallacy, increasing steadily
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@MichaelRosenYes Smashed up with a hammer: better than fireworks!
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Back in the 70s, my mum would make ‘bang toffee’ for Bonfire Night. Was this a northern thing (they were from Huddersfield/ Bradford/Manchester area), or a weird family made up thing? No one left to ask now…
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@NicholasTyrone Yeah, South Londoners hate ceremonial sword-holders almost as much as North Londoners
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Mordaunt will not win in London. The Tories need to think about the electorate in London and what they are looking for when they select a candidate - and it is not her.
James Heale@JAHeale
Penny Mordaunt today tipped for 2028 London mayoral bid by the MoS, following James Cleverly in the FT on Friday. Long way off but danger that there’s lots of speculation and then, once again, the Tories select someone who is - however unfairly - not seen as a big name
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Back from giving a talk in Denmark where a group of local volunteer peeps get funded by the govt to promote small scale cultural events in public libraries. Imagine! Crazy Danes!
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Hooch and Misogyny at a Gentlemen’s Guesthouse was the initial title for Boris Johnson’s memoir
The Jewish Chronicle@JewishChron
The Empusium review: ‘hooch and misogyny at a gentlemen’s guesthouse’ buff.ly/4fksjU8
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I am off to Kolding in Denmark, where, pleasingly, the temperature is middling.
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Roger Luckhurst retweetledi
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Thanks to the lovely folk @unbounders, who sent me an emergency Halloween care package this week!
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Now I can’t use my work office at all, my last teaching prep is done in cafes — this has its pluses and minuses, often arriving in the same slice
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I dunno there’s something off about Robert Jenrick but I just can’t put my finger on it.
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