Roger Luckhurst

Writer, academic + freelance. Gothic, SF, lit + film. Recent book: Gothic (2021). *Graveyards: A History of Living with the Dead* coming soon.

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@SightSoundmag — Jan 2025

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now over at https://t.co/bQvoz85ONE

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@EssBarraclough “Son, I didn’t understand a word you just said”

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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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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

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The Empusium review: ‘hooch and misogyny at a gentlemen’s guesthouse’

https://t.co/DQRbSAu6JF

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Such a gift for book sellers right now

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I am off to Kolding in Denmark, where, pleasingly, the temperature is middling.

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Investigating haunted houses with The Ghost Club - @TheProfRog - https://t.co/bnE7Hkz8Vy via @ft

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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.