Roger Luckhurst
@theprofrog.bsky.social
academic/freelance writer, on Gothic, Science Fiction. Next up: Graveyards: A History of Living with the Dead (October 2025).
I pressed the button on this AIPhone in the elevator and a voice told me I was Montgomery Clift and that the telephone was invented by Carthusian monks in the 11th century
November 6, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I pressed the button on this AIPhone in the elevator and a voice told me I was Montgomery Clift and that the telephone was invented by Carthusian monks in the 11th century
Fantastic clash: what if Academic Board just read some Heidegger?
November 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Fantastic clash: what if Academic Board just read some Heidegger?
Always a sucker for haunted tower blocks and motorway service stations — a lovely coherent collection, this
October 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Always a sucker for haunted tower blocks and motorway service stations — a lovely coherent collection, this
Sunday evening, checking out Monday morning
October 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Sunday evening, checking out Monday morning
Spanish edition in the wild
October 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Spanish edition in the wild
🎶 Cos tonight we’re gonna party like it’s 2021 🎶
October 20, 2025 at 8:28 AM
🎶 Cos tonight we’re gonna party like it’s 2021 🎶
Rare and damning photo of the heads of the German Red Army Faction, the political wing of the provisional IRA and FARC
October 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Rare and damning photo of the heads of the German Red Army Faction, the political wing of the provisional IRA and FARC
Christ, not again
October 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Christ, not again
Wise people in the Wellcome bookshop!
October 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Wise people in the Wellcome bookshop!
Lunch in the old school Italian they use now and then, completely unchanged, for Jackson Lamb’s meetings with spooks in Slow Horses.
October 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Lunch in the old school Italian they use now and then, completely unchanged, for Jackson Lamb’s meetings with spooks in Slow Horses.
Publication day today for this, with short stories by Alison Moore, Wyl Menmuir, CD Rose and others — including my short story ‘You’!
October 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Publication day today for this, with short stories by Alison Moore, Wyl Menmuir, CD Rose and others — including my short story ‘You’!
Pilgrimage, back in 2017
October 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Pilgrimage, back in 2017
AI decides what research to fund; AI does the research; AI reads it; another AI assesses it for REF. Meanwhile the humans sod off to the beach or lie around in their pants watching Celebrity Traitors all day
October 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
AI decides what research to fund; AI does the research; AI reads it; another AI assesses it for REF. Meanwhile the humans sod off to the beach or lie around in their pants watching Celebrity Traitors all day
Today’s gravestone: ‘The Kiss of Death’, Poblenou Cemetery, Barcelona
October 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Today’s gravestone: ‘The Kiss of Death’, Poblenou Cemetery, Barcelona
Just sent some early reader reaction to my Graveyards book
October 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Just sent some early reader reaction to my Graveyards book
God,I’m terrible at properly annotating my photo files, so this is either a recent shot from the Mars rover or the audience assembling at Manchester Central for Kemi Badenoch’s speech
October 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM
God,I’m terrible at properly annotating my photo files, so this is either a recent shot from the Mars rover or the audience assembling at Manchester Central for Kemi Badenoch’s speech
Rob Hell and Emu
October 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Rob Hell and Emu
The first burial, Père Lachaise, Paris, 1804
October 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The first burial, Père Lachaise, Paris, 1804
Churchyard in Aldeburgh, Suffolk 2020
October 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Churchyard in Aldeburgh, Suffolk 2020
October 2021, the time in Brompton Cemetery where I came across a pile of coffins and only slowly realised they were film props
October 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
October 2021, the time in Brompton Cemetery where I came across a pile of coffins and only slowly realised they were film props
Mortsafes in Greyfriars, Edinburgh, designed to prevent bodysnatchers
October 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Mortsafes in Greyfriars, Edinburgh, designed to prevent bodysnatchers
Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen
October 5, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen
In Heidelberg, disenchanted…
October 4, 2025 at 8:17 AM
In Heidelberg, disenchanted…
Morning acupuncture session on my achy tennis elbow, but I do wonder if they’re taking it a bit far
October 3, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Morning acupuncture session on my achy tennis elbow, but I do wonder if they’re taking it a bit far
He’s quoting Object-Oriented Ontology now?
October 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
He’s quoting Object-Oriented Ontology now?