Luke McKernan
@lukemckernan
Occasionally writing
François Truffaut Letters and a lime and soda #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking
Atlas of Remote Islands and a decaff latte #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking
Queuing for Bob Dylan, in 1978 and 2026 lukemckernan.com/2026/07/29/q...
"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
Middlemarch and an Earl Grey tea #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking
I 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
Saw the Waco Brothers in London tonight. Fabulous concert, bursting with life. This is why we have music. #wacobrothers
A lament for four lost databases (and what might be done to bring them back to life) lukemckernan.com/2026/06/28/l...
A sad tale of disappearing databases lukemckernan.com/2026/06/28/l...
Trip to the Moon and an iced Americano #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking
It'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...
Never Let Me Go and a decaff latte #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking
Ball of the Century and a decaff latte #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking
The Fun Stuff and a decaff latte #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking
My latest blog post is on jigsaws (by way of Citizen Kane, Georges Perec and the Reform party) lukemckernan.com/2026/05/21/t...
Jan Morris and a decaff latte #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking
We took this too, just to show that four legs are better than three
Another Icarus and a decaff latte #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking
For 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...
Stay Alive and a decaff latte #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking