Luke McKernan
@lukemckernan.bsky.social
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When a large-scale restoration effort was halted by feds, history could not be forced back into the archives.
The first film made in Idaho was headed back to the big screen. Then DOGE intervened - High Country News
When a large-scale restoration effort was halted by feds, history could not be forced back into the archives.
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November 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
When a large-scale restoration effort was halted by feds, history could not be forced back into the archives.
Ooh, bookmarks stickingplacebooks.com/let-me-dream...
October 31, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Ooh, bookmarks stickingplacebooks.com/let-me-dream...
An epic tale of a nineteenth-century ancestor of mine, from wife sales in Staffordshire to the building of Salt Lake City, featuring Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens, E.P. Thompson, Martin Scorsese and Chief Sagwitch of the Northwestern Soshone lukemckernan.com/2025/10/30/t...
October 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
An epic tale of a nineteenth-century ancestor of mine, from wife sales in Staffordshire to the building of Salt Lake City, featuring Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens, E.P. Thompson, Martin Scorsese and Chief Sagwitch of the Northwestern Soshone lukemckernan.com/2025/10/30/t...
My latest blog post is an epic tale of a nineteenth-century ancestor, from wife sales in Staffordshire to the building of Salt Lake City, featuring Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens, E.P. Thompson, Martin Scorsese and Chief Sagwitch of the Northwestern Soshone lukemckernan.com/2025/10/30/t...
October 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
My latest blog post is an epic tale of a nineteenth-century ancestor, from wife sales in Staffordshire to the building of Salt Lake City, featuring Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens, E.P. Thompson, Martin Scorsese and Chief Sagwitch of the Northwestern Soshone lukemckernan.com/2025/10/30/t...
The Buccaneers of America and a decaff latte #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking
October 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The Buccaneers of America and a decaff latte #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking
The Director and a mug of tea #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking
October 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The Director and a mug of tea #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking
I decided to measure our Eurostar journey using Strava. It has awarded me with 14 personal records. Quite pleased with my world record for the Marathon of 8mins 48 seconds.
October 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I decided to measure our Eurostar journey using Strava. It has awarded me with 14 personal records. Quite pleased with my world record for the Marathon of 8mins 48 seconds.
The Golden Rhinoceros and a decaff latte #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking
October 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The Golden Rhinoceros and a decaff latte #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking
Thanking librarians is good thing to do lukemckernan.com/2025/10/05/t...
October 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Thanking librarians is good thing to do lukemckernan.com/2025/10/05/t...
Thanking librarians, past and present lukemckernan.com/2025/10/05/t...
October 6, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Thanking librarians, past and present lukemckernan.com/2025/10/05/t...
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Today the Fedora podcast is 1-year-old. To celebrate, my brilliant birthday buddy, Professor Stacey Abbott (@profsaabbott.bsky.social), joins me to explore all things John Wick.
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Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu
YouTube buff.ly/QyLHaCo
Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK
October 4, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Today the Fedora podcast is 1-year-old. To celebrate, my brilliant birthday buddy, Professor Stacey Abbott (@profsaabbott.bsky.social), joins me to explore all things John Wick.
Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB
Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu
YouTube buff.ly/QyLHaCo
Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK
Apple buff.ly/wDl4xnB
Spotify buff.ly/34bRrLu
YouTube buff.ly/QyLHaCo
Podbean buff.ly/wk2LnPK
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This month from Sticking Place Books!
Charles Chaplin’s THE FREAK: the unmade, almost produced final film by the master! screenplay finally published in full, w/ storyboards, production notes & archive material. A haunting tale of wings, innocence & corruption.
Charles Chaplin’s THE FREAK: the unmade, almost produced final film by the master! screenplay finally published in full, w/ storyboards, production notes & archive material. A haunting tale of wings, innocence & corruption.
October 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This month from Sticking Place Books!
Charles Chaplin’s THE FREAK: the unmade, almost produced final film by the master! screenplay finally published in full, w/ storyboards, production notes & archive material. A haunting tale of wings, innocence & corruption.
Charles Chaplin’s THE FREAK: the unmade, almost produced final film by the master! screenplay finally published in full, w/ storyboards, production notes & archive material. A haunting tale of wings, innocence & corruption.
#Listeningto anything sung by Dagmar Krause, but especially this piece of gentle poetry youtu.be/vE-yHdbTEBg?...
Slow Moon's Rose
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October 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
#Listeningto anything sung by Dagmar Krause, but especially this piece of gentle poetry youtu.be/vE-yHdbTEBg?...
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Did you miss our online webinar earlier this week? You can now watch the recording of the event via @wcmlibrary.bsky.social's Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2UT...
October 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Did you miss our online webinar earlier this week? You can now watch the recording of the event via @wcmlibrary.bsky.social's Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2UT...
One of the features I like in my new book Let Me Dream Again is use of DVD screengrabs to get telling images e.g. L'enfant sauvage, Great Expectations (Pip coming out of the mist), Masked and Anonymous, Dickensian stickingplacebooks.com/let-me-dream...
October 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
One of the features I like in my new book Let Me Dream Again is use of DVD screengrabs to get telling images e.g. L'enfant sauvage, Great Expectations (Pip coming out of the mist), Masked and Anonymous, Dickensian stickingplacebooks.com/let-me-dream...
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This is both an incredibly niche thing but I think it should be more of a thing. Caffè Nero subscribes to the British Newspaper Archive so it’s all free on their wifi. There. I said it.
January 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
This is both an incredibly niche thing but I think it should be more of a thing. Caffè Nero subscribes to the British Newspaper Archive so it’s all free on their wifi. There. I said it.
One of a number of obituaries for Guido Convents, promoter of African film, exceptional early film historian, and a good friend www.signis.world/headline/12-...
October 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
One of a number of obituaries for Guido Convents, promoter of African film, exceptional early film historian, and a good friend www.signis.world/headline/12-...
The Gold Tip Pfitzer and a decaff latte #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking
September 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The Gold Tip Pfitzer and a decaff latte #thebookimreadingthedrinkimdrinking
Essential re-reading RIP Tony Harrison www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v0...
Tony Harrison · Poem: ‘V.’
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September 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Essential re-reading RIP Tony Harrison www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v0...
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Join us for an online People's Papers research project workshop to learn about the history of 1970s alternative newspapers, their archival preservation & their continued relevance for today. All welcome! Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-...
September 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Join us for an online People's Papers research project workshop to learn about the history of 1970s alternative newspapers, their archival preservation & their continued relevance for today. All welcome! Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archiving-...
On a Kent country walk through Ryarsh and Birling
September 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
On a Kent country walk through Ryarsh and Birling
Why not buy your copy of the 836,103rd best-selling book on Amazon? www.amazon.co.uk/Let-Me-Dream...
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Why not buy your copy of the 836,103rd best-selling book on Amazon? www.amazon.co.uk/Let-Me-Dream...
It's good to be squeezed in among some great names
Sticking Place Books.
From near-forgotten artists to living legends—this is where film history sticks.
Archiving the art, thought, and history of cinema.
From near-forgotten artists to living legends—this is where film history sticks.
Archiving the art, thought, and history of cinema.
September 21, 2025 at 10:29 AM
It's good to be squeezed in among some great names
Happily Amazon now has the correct back cover for my book Let Me Dream Again, with generous recommendations from Nick Hornby, @pamhutch.bsky.social and @illuminations.bsky.social www.amazon.co.uk/Let-Me-Dream...
September 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Happily Amazon now has the correct back cover for my book Let Me Dream Again, with generous recommendations from Nick Hornby, @pamhutch.bsky.social and @illuminations.bsky.social www.amazon.co.uk/Let-Me-Dream...