Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 6hIt's been a while since there was a misty morning in Rochester 020
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Bonnot Gang and a decaff latte #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking 021
Reposted by Luke McKernan The Rose Playhouse @roseplayhouse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026EXTENDED UNTIL 26 NOV Our new Thursday guided tours of the archaeological site of The Rose are proving so popular that we are continuing them until the end of November! And they are FREE to Southwark residents and children aged 15-and-under. More info & book: www.trybooking.com/uk/event/118972 075
Reposted by Luke McKernan The Rose Playhouse @roseplayhouse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"The Rose Playhouse is a small London treasure" A lovely blog post worth your time reading, with an overview of The Rose then and now, the experience of performing in last week's Rose-a-thon, an insight into the Elizabethan explosion in professional acting, and a bunch of links to online resources. 086
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Some thoughts on acting (after a fashion) at what survives of London's Elizabethan theatre @roseplayhouse.bsky.social lukemckernan.com/2026/09/25/p... 395
Reposted by Luke McKernan mia ridge @miaout.bsky.social · 22/09/2026New CEO at the British Library www.bl.uk/about/press/...bl.ukDr Paul Bate appointed as Chief Executive of the British LibraryPaul will take up his new role on 4 November 2026. 093
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I'm not entirely sure how the hardback of my book Let Me Dream Again: Essays on the Moving Image can be on sale for only £3.95 on Amazon, but it looks like a good opportunity for someone while the price lasts www.amazon.co.uk/Let-Me-Dream... 230
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Visiting the Isle of the Dead lukemckernan.com/2026/08/26/i... 162
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026My latest blog post is on Arnold Böcklin's painting The Isle of the Dead and its cinematic legacy lukemckernan.com/2026/08/26/i...lukemckernan.comIsle of the DeadThere is a rocky islet with tall cliffs on either side, surrounded by unknown waters. Within are dark green cypress trees, as high as the cliffs that surround them. Rectangular passages have been c… 021
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The 1999 glasses still look ready to go for 2026 040
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026François Truffaut Letters and a lime and soda #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking 030
Reposted by Luke McKernan British History Online @bho.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Once again, on digital academic resources falling offline: Lost resources lukemckernan.com/2026/06/28/l... NB: Worth reading the response in the comments from the "Learing On Screen' chair; but really this information should be easily discoverable on the LoS site. #DigitalHistorylukemckernan.comLost resourcesTo lose one database is a misfortune; to lose four feels like a conspiracy. Recently three online databases and one audiovisual digital archive with underlying database, on each of which I worked f… 22414
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Atlas of Remote Islands and a decaff latte #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking 020
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Queuing for Bob Dylan, in 1978 and 2026 lukemckernan.com/2026/07/29/q... 010
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 11/07/2026"I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man’s naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen in the sand: I stood like one thunder-struck, or as if I had seen an apparition..." #RobinsonCrusoe #LaTurballe 020
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Middlemarch and an Earl Grey tea #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking 020
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026I am speaking (at a conference on early television) in Portland Hall, where Jimi Hendrix first played in the UK. Not sure how to weave this into a talk on 1930s newsreels 130
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Saw the Waco Brothers in London tonight. Fabulous concert, bursting with life. This is why we have music. #wacobrothers 020
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026A lament for four lost databases (and what might be done to bring them back to life) lukemckernan.com/2026/06/28/l... 084
Reposted by Luke McKernan Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Aghast to read that the News on Screen archive, formerly the British Universities Newsreel Database, has been taken down. 0114
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 29/06/2026A sad tale of disappearing databases lukemckernan.com/2026/06/28/l... 42214
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Trip to the Moon and an iced Americano #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking 010
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 19/06/2026#Listening to the great Abdullah Ibrahim, who died this week. 'Soweto' is the most beautiful, uplifting music you could hope to find youtu.be/GWbLi3l9mto?...youtu.beSowetoYouTube video by Abdullah Ibrahim - Topic 010
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 16/06/2026It's #Bloomsday, so time for a reminder of Richard Linklater's homage to James Joyce in the Before... trilogy lukemckernan.com/2014/07/19/j... 120
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Never Let Me Go and a decaff latte #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking 020
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Ball of the Century and a decaff latte #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking 010
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026The Fun Stuff and a decaff latte #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking 010
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 22/05/2026My latest blog post is on jigsaws (by way of Citizen Kane, Georges Perec and the Reform party) lukemckernan.com/2026/05/21/t... 162
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Thoughts on jigsaws lukemckernan.com/2026/05/21/t...lukemckernan.comThe missing pieceIn Citizen Kane (USA 1941) there is a key sequence in which newspaper baron Charles Foster Kane (played by Orson Welles) and his would-be opera singer wife Susan (played by Dorothy Comingore) are a… 011
Reposted by Luke McKernan Marja Kingma @marjakingma.bsky.social · 16/05/2026The European Writers Festival is on the way for the 3rd time, organised by EUNIC and the European Literature Network, run by the brilliant Rosie Goldsmith and hosted by the British Library. 121
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Jan Morris and a decaff latte #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking 030
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Another Icarus and a decaff latte #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking 010
Reposted by Luke McKernan Illuminations @illuminations.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Booking page for The Cultures of Early Television conference, 2 and 3 July, now updated with a full list of confirmed speakers. Do join us - registration is free - for a stimulating and enjoyable two days discussing pre-1939 television in Britain and beyond. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-cultur...eventbrite.co.ukTHE CULTURES OF EARLY TELEVISIONA conference about television before the Second World War in Britain, continental Europe, the United States and the Soviet Union. 068
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 07/05/2026For anyone entranced by Caught on a Train, shown on BBC Four last night, this tribute to the film (or TV play) and its director Peter Duffell might be of interest lukemckernan.com/2018/01/01/d... 020
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 05/05/2026For some strange reason my old blog post 'On Not Liking David Attenborough' is gaining quite a few readers this week lukemckernan.com/2017/11/05/o...lukemckernan.comOn not liking David AttenboroughThe latest natural history series narrated by Sir David Attenborough, Blue Planet II, is being broadcast in the UK. As with so much else of the work associated with him, it has been given a rapturo… 010
Reposted by Luke McKernan Illuminations @illuminations.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Marey memorialised A chance encounter with a delightful monument to Étinne-Jules Marey in backstreets of Beaune. www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/marey-memori...illuminationsmedia.co.ukMarey memorialised - IlluminationsJohn Wyver writes: We are en vacances, having driven during three days from London to the small town of Simiane-la-Rotonde in the middle of the beautiful but rather remote landscapes of the Luberon. (... 122
Reposted by Luke McKernan Illuminations @illuminations.bsky.social · 04/05/2026The Sunday dozen for Monday The General Strike + Walt Disney, Alexander Kluge + Edith Piaf, Canterbury + the Habsburg International, Richard Dawkins + Anton Jäger, All the President's Men + art of the Obama presidential center, Henry Moore + more... www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/the-sunday-d...illuminationsmedia.co.ukThe Sunday dozen - IlluminationsJohn Wyver writes: I have started a nearly month-long holiday in France, and after three days’ driving have arrived at the small town of Simiane-la-Rotonde in the Luberon. Which is glorious, and which... 152
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Stay Alive and a decaff latte #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking 030
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 29/04/2026A day, or days, in Canterbury lukemckernan.com/2026/04/29/a... 030
Reposted by Luke McKernan Illuminations @illuminations.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Registration is open for The Cultures of Early Television two-day University of Westminster conference in early July. Attendance is free, thanks to invaluable support from @britishacademy.bsky.social More details and link to the registration page here: www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/register-for...illuminationsmedia.co.ukRegister for The Cultures of Early Television - IlluminationsJohn Wyver writes: I am delighted to say that registration is open for The Cultures of Early Television conference at the University of Westminster on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 July You can sign up here... 0118
Luke McKernan @lukemckernan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Spring in St Mary's de Castro gardens, Canterbury 010
