Wang Sum Luk
@ws-luk.bsky.social
THE CLOSER LUK on Substack | Dep. Ed. @ LOST ART magazine | News Associates grad | Words in LondonWorld, Inverse, BFI, & more | he/him
https://wsluk.substack.com/
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A modern classic.
December 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
A modern classic.
An otherwise excellent cookbook I’ve just read kept referring to sauces as a "viscous halo", which is a remarkably strange phrase for describing food, but an excellent name for a prog-rock band.
December 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
An otherwise excellent cookbook I’ve just read kept referring to sauces as a "viscous halo", which is a remarkably strange phrase for describing food, but an excellent name for a prog-rock band.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Just awoke from a nightmare about walking round a darkened, desolate book fair, in case anyone's curious how my job search in publishing is going.
December 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Just awoke from a nightmare about walking round a darkened, desolate book fair, in case anyone's curious how my job search in publishing is going.
This is a genuinely laudable goal (see below for a quick, cheap bean recipe I love) and deserves all the publicity it can get...but could they not have given the campaign *literally any other name*?
Celebrity chefs urge Britons to ‘bang in some beans’ to boost legume consumption
Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and major supermarkets want to double amount of beans Britons eat
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and major supermarkets want to double amount of beans Britons eat
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Celebrity chefs urge Britons to ‘bang in some beans’ to boost legume consumption
Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and major supermarkets want to double amount of beans Britons eat
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This is a genuinely laudable goal (see below for a quick, cheap bean recipe I love) and deserves all the publicity it can get...but could they not have given the campaign *literally any other name*?
My #RecipeOfTheDay, an easy one-pan kedgeree, is something I make all the time. Click below to learn the recipe for this simple and spicy main course.
#food #recipe #cooking 🍽️🍜
#food #recipe #cooking 🍽️🍜
December 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
My #RecipeOfTheDay, an easy one-pan kedgeree, is something I make all the time. Click below to learn the recipe for this simple and spicy main course.
#food #recipe #cooking 🍽️🍜
#food #recipe #cooking 🍽️🍜
Contemplate the cool subtlety of Dod Procter's portraits in this retrospective of her deeply underrated artwork, which combines realism with an icy elegance.
#art
#art
December 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Contemplate the cool subtlety of Dod Procter's portraits in this retrospective of her deeply underrated artwork, which combines realism with an icy elegance.
#art
#art
Christmas at Thornleigh Hall means balls, betrayal, and bloodshed in Emily Critchley's THE UNDOING OF VIOLET CLAYBOURNE, now available in paperback. Click below for my review of this wintry mystery novel!
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
December 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Christmas at Thornleigh Hall means balls, betrayal, and bloodshed in Emily Critchley's THE UNDOING OF VIOLET CLAYBOURNE, now available in paperback. Click below for my review of this wintry mystery novel!
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
Perk up your hump day with a thrilling mystery novel, an underrated painter, and Victorian-style breakfast!
📚💙🍽️🍜 #booksky #bookreview #art #food #cooking #RecipeOfTheDay
📚💙🍽️🍜 #booksky #bookreview #art #food #cooking #RecipeOfTheDay
December 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Perk up your hump day with a thrilling mystery novel, an underrated painter, and Victorian-style breakfast!
📚💙🍽️🍜 #booksky #bookreview #art #food #cooking #RecipeOfTheDay
📚💙🍽️🍜 #booksky #bookreview #art #food #cooking #RecipeOfTheDay
December 2, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Reposted by Wang Sum Luk
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
A chilling mystery about nasty rich people, Emily Critchley's THE UNDOING OF VIOLET CLAYBOURNE (now out in paperback) will thrill you during a chilly winter night.
Read my review here (and subscribe!): buff.ly/vdb7QYs
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
Read my review here (and subscribe!): buff.ly/vdb7QYs
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A chilling mystery about nasty rich people, Emily Critchley's THE UNDOING OF VIOLET CLAYBOURNE (now out in paperback) will thrill you during a chilly winter night.
Read my review here (and subscribe!): buff.ly/vdb7QYs
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
Read my review here (and subscribe!): buff.ly/vdb7QYs
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
Take a trip back to the 1930s in today's newsletter, featuring:
• Emily Critchley's wintry mystery THE UNDOING OF VIOLENT CLAYBOURNE
• Dod Procter's icily beautiful portraits
• my reinvention of a Victorian dish!
📚💙🍽️🍜 #booksky #bookreview #art #food #cooking #RecipeOfTheDay
• Emily Critchley's wintry mystery THE UNDOING OF VIOLENT CLAYBOURNE
• Dod Procter's icily beautiful portraits
• my reinvention of a Victorian dish!
📚💙🍽️🍜 #booksky #bookreview #art #food #cooking #RecipeOfTheDay
How to hide the bodies
Home is where the horror is
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December 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Take a trip back to the 1930s in today's newsletter, featuring:
• Emily Critchley's wintry mystery THE UNDOING OF VIOLENT CLAYBOURNE
• Dod Procter's icily beautiful portraits
• my reinvention of a Victorian dish!
📚💙🍽️🍜 #booksky #bookreview #art #food #cooking #RecipeOfTheDay
• Emily Critchley's wintry mystery THE UNDOING OF VIOLENT CLAYBOURNE
• Dod Procter's icily beautiful portraits
• my reinvention of a Victorian dish!
📚💙🍽️🍜 #booksky #bookreview #art #food #cooking #RecipeOfTheDay
ICYMI:
Roman mummies, boozy desserts, and an awful book are featured in my newsletter. Click below (and subscribe) to laugh along at ridiculous quotes, or be inspired by beautiful art!
Read it here: buff.ly/z7caBMB
📚💙🍽️🍜 #booksky #bookreview #art #food #cooking #RecipeOfTheDay #history
Roman mummies, boozy desserts, and an awful book are featured in my newsletter. Click below (and subscribe) to laugh along at ridiculous quotes, or be inspired by beautiful art!
Read it here: buff.ly/z7caBMB
📚💙🍽️🍜 #booksky #bookreview #art #food #cooking #RecipeOfTheDay #history
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
ICYMI:
Roman mummies, boozy desserts, and an awful book are featured in my newsletter. Click below (and subscribe) to laugh along at ridiculous quotes, or be inspired by beautiful art!
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📚💙🍽️🍜 #booksky #bookreview #art #food #cooking #RecipeOfTheDay #history
Roman mummies, boozy desserts, and an awful book are featured in my newsletter. Click below (and subscribe) to laugh along at ridiculous quotes, or be inspired by beautiful art!
Read it here: buff.ly/z7caBMB
📚💙🍽️🍜 #booksky #bookreview #art #food #cooking #RecipeOfTheDay #history
I hope #filmsky 📽️ is as proud as I am that today, I briefly convinced a friend that THE SUBSTANCE’s main character was named John Substance.
November 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I hope #filmsky 📽️ is as proud as I am that today, I briefly convinced a friend that THE SUBSTANCE’s main character was named John Substance.
Lucy Steeds' THE ARTIST is the Waterstones book of the year. It's also got an equally prestigious endorsement from my newsletter.
Click below to learn why I loved it, what other books I recommend, and why I read more than 365 books this year!
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
Click below to learn why I loved it, what other books I recommend, and why I read more than 365 books this year!
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
I read 365 books this year
How (and why) I did it
wsluk.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Lucy Steeds' THE ARTIST is the Waterstones book of the year. It's also got an equally prestigious endorsement from my newsletter.
Click below to learn why I loved it, what other books I recommend, and why I read more than 365 books this year!
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
Click below to learn why I loved it, what other books I recommend, and why I read more than 365 books this year!
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
Want a light, rich, and boozy dessert? Take a look at my #RecipeOfTheDay for lemon-and-thyme syllabub: wsluk.substack.com/p/the-man-ni...
#food #recipe #cooking 🍽️🍜
#food #recipe #cooking 🍽️🍜
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Want a light, rich, and boozy dessert? Take a look at my #RecipeOfTheDay for lemon-and-thyme syllabub: wsluk.substack.com/p/the-man-ni...
#food #recipe #cooking 🍽️🍜
#food #recipe #cooking 🍽️🍜
"Did they hold ceremonies
to reverence the opening of buds?"
Explore the under-appreciated beauty of the Fayum mummies, a striking blend of Roman and Egyptian art, in my newsletter: wsluk.substack.com/p/the-man-ni...
#art #history
to reverence the opening of buds?"
Explore the under-appreciated beauty of the Fayum mummies, a striking blend of Roman and Egyptian art, in my newsletter: wsluk.substack.com/p/the-man-ni...
#art #history
November 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"Did they hold ceremonies
to reverence the opening of buds?"
Explore the under-appreciated beauty of the Fayum mummies, a striking blend of Roman and Egyptian art, in my newsletter: wsluk.substack.com/p/the-man-ni...
#art #history
to reverence the opening of buds?"
Explore the under-appreciated beauty of the Fayum mummies, a striking blend of Roman and Egyptian art, in my newsletter: wsluk.substack.com/p/the-man-ni...
#art #history
Jasmine Mas' BONDS OF HERCULES is an awful novel. But analysing it seriously reveals fascinating things.
Inspired by George Orwell and @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social's essays, I dig into what this romantasy novel says about the allure of power and privilege.
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
Inspired by George Orwell and @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social's essays, I dig into what this romantasy novel says about the allure of power and privilege.
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Jasmine Mas' BONDS OF HERCULES is an awful novel. But analysing it seriously reveals fascinating things.
Inspired by George Orwell and @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social's essays, I dig into what this romantasy novel says about the allure of power and privilege.
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
Inspired by George Orwell and @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social's essays, I dig into what this romantasy novel says about the allure of power and privilege.
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
Reposted by Wang Sum Luk
Roses are red
That dino looks ill
That dino looks ill
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Roses are red
That dino looks ill
That dino looks ill
I've braved the awfulness of Jasmine Mas' BONDS OF HERCULES to bring you this review.
Drawing from essays by Orwell and @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social, I dig into what this romantasy novel has to say about power and privilege.
Read it here: buff.ly/z7caBMB
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
Drawing from essays by Orwell and @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social, I dig into what this romantasy novel has to say about power and privilege.
Read it here: buff.ly/z7caBMB
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I've braved the awfulness of Jasmine Mas' BONDS OF HERCULES to bring you this review.
Drawing from essays by Orwell and @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social, I dig into what this romantasy novel has to say about power and privilege.
Read it here: buff.ly/z7caBMB
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
Drawing from essays by Orwell and @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social, I dig into what this romantasy novel has to say about power and privilege.
Read it here: buff.ly/z7caBMB
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
Bad books and boozy desserts fill today's newsletter, with:
• a thematic deep-dive into Jasmine Mas' dreadful romantasy novel BONDS OF HERCULES
• the personalities of Roman mummies
• and a thyme syllabub!
📚💙🍽️🍜 #booksky #bookreview #art #food #cooking #RecipeOfTheDay
• a thematic deep-dive into Jasmine Mas' dreadful romantasy novel BONDS OF HERCULES
• the personalities of Roman mummies
• and a thyme syllabub!
📚💙🍽️🍜 #booksky #bookreview #art #food #cooking #RecipeOfTheDay
"The man nicknamed SEX"
Romantasy, Rome, and raspberries
wsluk.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Bad books and boozy desserts fill today's newsletter, with:
• a thematic deep-dive into Jasmine Mas' dreadful romantasy novel BONDS OF HERCULES
• the personalities of Roman mummies
• and a thyme syllabub!
📚💙🍽️🍜 #booksky #bookreview #art #food #cooking #RecipeOfTheDay
• a thematic deep-dive into Jasmine Mas' dreadful romantasy novel BONDS OF HERCULES
• the personalities of Roman mummies
• and a thyme syllabub!
📚💙🍽️🍜 #booksky #bookreview #art #food #cooking #RecipeOfTheDay
ICYMI:
Rock-climbing! Statues! And the joys of beetroot! It's all in this week's wild and earthy newsletter.
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📚💙🍽️🍜 #booksky #bookreview #art #food #cooking #RecipeOfTheDay #Substack
Rock-climbing! Statues! And the joys of beetroot! It's all in this week's wild and earthy newsletter.
To brighten up your Friday, click here (and don't forget to subscribe): buff.ly/ZyhaaW9
📚💙🍽️🍜 #booksky #bookreview #art #food #cooking #RecipeOfTheDay #Substack
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
ICYMI:
Rock-climbing! Statues! And the joys of beetroot! It's all in this week's wild and earthy newsletter.
To brighten up your Friday, click here (and don't forget to subscribe): buff.ly/ZyhaaW9
📚💙🍽️🍜 #booksky #bookreview #art #food #cooking #RecipeOfTheDay #Substack
Rock-climbing! Statues! And the joys of beetroot! It's all in this week's wild and earthy newsletter.
To brighten up your Friday, click here (and don't forget to subscribe): buff.ly/ZyhaaW9
📚💙🍽️🍜 #booksky #bookreview #art #food #cooking #RecipeOfTheDay #Substack
BREAKING WHALE NEWS!
This is a great excuse to revisit this magnificent video.
This is a great excuse to revisit this magnificent video.
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
BREAKING WHALE NEWS!
This is a great excuse to revisit this magnificent video.
This is a great excuse to revisit this magnificent video.