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Worlds and mirrors

In a time of conflict, sing the songs of the other side. I watched Solaris again the other night – the 1972 Soviet film, not its pale American remake. At the time of the crass, blind adventurism of the invasion of Ukraine, I felt the need to experience the finest of Russian culture. The filmRead More

Luke McKernan March 26, 2022November 21, 2022Comments (2)

Lakeland roads

Walking along some fellside path in the Lake District, grey skies and a gentle drizzle, suddenly I am able to fly upwards. Hovering high above the hills, fields and waters, I can see the lattice-work of tracks, paths and roads that intersect across the land. With this map-like view of the terrain I view acrossRead More

Luke McKernan February 22, 2022September 5, 2022Leave a comment

Alternative Bob

It’s curious how we seem to value the recordings of songs over the songs themselves. That is, in times past it was the song itself that mattered and the song that has survived. There might be a known composer, there might be a singer’s name attached to it on sheet music (“as sung by”), orRead More

Luke McKernan January 30, 2022June 8, 2022Leave a comment

Pip, Lean and Cinderella

Plant a pip, and you hope that it will grow. It will, in time, establish roots and shoot upwards, growing in depth while it reaches up to the light. It is how all stories must work. We begin at a point that is presented to us as the beginning, but which we soon learn isRead More

Luke McKernan January 12, 2022February 21, 2023Comment (1)

2021 – the year in twelve (or so) books

Let’s move on to the books read in 2021. Of these there were plenty – too many to remember, let alone list. So, as in previous such lists, I am restricting myself to one book per month, even though some months were more full of riches than others, meaning some fine works had to beRead More

Luke McKernan December 24, 2021June 11, 2022Leave a comment

2021 – the year in images

Next in the reviews of 2021 comes images – personal images, that is. The usual mixture of nature composing itself to its best advantage, abstract art discovered in run-down places, and people arranging themselves as they will. For higher resolution versions click on the title links, which will take you to my Flickr pages. MyRead More

Luke McKernan December 19, 2021December 19, 2021Leave a comment

2021 – the year in music

Up next in my review of the year is music. As with most years, I listened to a great deal: exploring the new; uncovering former favourites not heard in a long time to see if they stood up well; trying out the new recordings of established favourites, sometimes up to standard, sometimes needing more listensRead More

Luke McKernan December 17, 2021December 18, 2021Leave a comment

2021 – the year online

Here we are at the end of the year we thought would not be like the last one, only for it to be almost exactly like the last one – just with more traffic and not quite so such sunshine. Nevertheless, a year is a year, and it’s time to review from various perspectives, muchRead More

Luke McKernan December 15, 2021November 14, 2022Leave a comment

Harmony constant

Michael Nesmith has died. You feel like a part of you has disappeared when a voice that has been at the back of your head for as long as you can remember just goes. Nesmith was the droll guy with the woolly hat in The Monkees’ TV show, which those of my age watched religiouslyRead More

Luke McKernan December 11, 2021January 22, 2022Leave a comment

Making an exhibition of ourselves

Here’s some breaking news for you… On 22 April, and running until 21 August 2022, the British Library will be hosting a major exhibition on the history of news in Britain. Entitled Breaking the News, it will (according to the press release) spotlight the role news plays in our society, exploring issues of choice, interpretation,Read More

Luke McKernan December 8, 2021March 18, 2022Leave a comment
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