Luke Turner
@luketurner.bsky.social
Author: Men at War - Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945 on British masculinity, sexuality & the cultural memory of WWII on W&N Books/Orion. First 📖 Out of the Woods, 2019. Co-founder: The Quietus. My stuff: https://linktr.ee/luketurner ⚒️🏳️🌈
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Men At War – Lusting Loving Fighting Remembering 1939-1945
Join author Luke Turner to explore how the social upheaval of the Second World War had a profound impact on the sex lives of Londoners.
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January is bleak with nothing happening EXCEPT you can come to the London Metropolitan Archives for my talk on sexuality in the capital during the Second World War, from the cover of the blackout to LGBT+ lives AND new research on the mackintosh fetish scene:
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Yep - the government is consistently failing to make the case as to why it is investing more in defence and how the changing geopolitical system plus that whole war going on means it is increasingly needed
Utterly surreal that a key part of the pre Budget narrative from the government hasn’t been ‘Russian planes keep buzzing the Essex coast, US support for NATO is looking shaky, and thanks to the Tories our army fits in Old Trafford - that’s why we need to raise taxes’.
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Yep - the government is consistently failing to make the case as to why it is investing more in defence and how the changing geopolitical system plus that whole war going on means it is increasingly needed
I wonder how much this cuts through – there's a fairly significant element among football fans angry that they're not allowed to sing eg the antisemitic chant about Spurs (that I last heard in the crowd after Blur's Wembley gig); "it's just banter" etc
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
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November 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I wonder how much this cuts through – there's a fairly significant element among football fans angry that they're not allowed to sing eg the antisemitic chant about Spurs (that I last heard in the crowd after Blur's Wembley gig); "it's just banter" etc
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
still really concerned for Larry David being caught up with all this - first Ted Danson, then fruitloop RFK. Nobody's thinking about Larry. #Pray4Larry.
People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
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November 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
still really concerned for Larry David being caught up with all this - first Ted Danson, then fruitloop RFK. Nobody's thinking about Larry. #Pray4Larry.
This is contemporary mic presentation that I can get behind! Drop the awkwardly-held little bobble, get eg a massive basketball hoop!
There's a guy who goes round non-league grounds and clips the mic onto a different object each time.
He had an oil-filled radiator for one video.
He had an oil-filled radiator for one video.
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This is contemporary mic presentation that I can get behind! Drop the awkwardly-held little bobble, get eg a massive basketball hoop!
…and exhibit b
I do wish people would look back to Wogan to see how it's done properly. ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/10...
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
…and exhibit b
Proper mic holding exhibit a…
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Proper mic holding exhibit a…
Here's a thing I've noticed looking at social media video #content lately, why do people awkwardly hold a little round mic? Is it a stylistic choice? Surely these can be clipped on? Is it supposed to convey an air of DIY earnestness & authenticity? It looks shite. Meades wouldn't have done that.
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Here's a thing I've noticed looking at social media video #content lately, why do people awkwardly hold a little round mic? Is it a stylistic choice? Surely these can be clipped on? Is it supposed to convey an air of DIY earnestness & authenticity? It looks shite. Meades wouldn't have done that.
"From silent retreats to mindfulness apps and Spotify’s insipid Chill Out playlist, culturally we are always being sold that the way to rest, relax, unwind, and switch off is to quieten things down. However, sometimes the most effective way to clear something is to flood it." Superb MBV review:
Always a joy to be blasted by My Bloody Valentine. Last night was also a tribute to Mani and for @thequietus.com I dug into the idea of extreme noise as a vehicle for calm and tranquility. thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
Noise is a Healing Force: My Bloody Valentine Live | The Quietus
Daniel Dylan Wray remembers Mani at a My Bloody Valentine show and relishes in the healing powers of volume and noise.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
"From silent retreats to mindfulness apps and Spotify’s insipid Chill Out playlist, culturally we are always being sold that the way to rest, relax, unwind, and switch off is to quieten things down. However, sometimes the most effective way to clear something is to flood it." Superb MBV review:
Nice to see him squeal and squirm for once.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Nice to see him squeal and squirm for once.
A probably rare reference to Mulligan & O'Hare in a fashion article: for The Guardian, I've written about the enduring appeal of workwear, with a focus on how the generous cuts and boxy shapes suit the sportswear-averse, expanding & ageing male body:
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
‘It’s an acceptance of where my body is now’ – the modern-day appeal of workwear
Its popularity is as enduring as its fabrics – and it allows men to age stylishly without worrying about their waistlines. One collector delves into the reasons the ordinary clothes of workers past li...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:56 AM
A probably rare reference to Mulligan & O'Hare in a fashion article: for The Guardian, I've written about the enduring appeal of workwear, with a focus on how the generous cuts and boxy shapes suit the sportswear-averse, expanding & ageing male body:
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...
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100% worth the complete soaking that inevitably follows being caught out on the moor in light conditions like this.
God, I love the moor this time of the year...
God, I love the moor this time of the year...
November 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
100% worth the complete soaking that inevitably follows being caught out on the moor in light conditions like this.
God, I love the moor this time of the year...
God, I love the moor this time of the year...
How it started / how it’s going
(The Deeney’s haggis cheese chutney bacon toastie is a work of genius but has consequences)
(The Deeney’s haggis cheese chutney bacon toastie is a work of genius but has consequences)
November 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
How it started / how it’s going
(The Deeney’s haggis cheese chutney bacon toastie is a work of genius but has consequences)
(The Deeney’s haggis cheese chutney bacon toastie is a work of genius but has consequences)
Getting absolutely mangled in a pirate ship with @jahduran.bsky.social after Throbbing Gristle at Pontins Camber Sands during ATP 2004 led to us reinforcing that we’re top pals and then starting @thequietus.com, without which I would now be working in admin. An argument against clean living!
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Getting absolutely mangled in a pirate ship with @jahduran.bsky.social after Throbbing Gristle at Pontins Camber Sands during ATP 2004 led to us reinforcing that we’re top pals and then starting @thequietus.com, without which I would now be working in admin. An argument against clean living!
An absolutely harrowing investigation into the “free birth” and “wild pregnancy” movement, appalling, lethal, social media-fuelled woo woo grift. The poor families duped into this, unthinkable.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
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November 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
An absolutely harrowing investigation into the “free birth” and “wild pregnancy” movement, appalling, lethal, social media-fuelled woo woo grift. The poor families duped into this, unthinkable.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
This is so depressing, Ukraine now then with Russia’s military support from China, Iran, N Korea what tomorrow? And still I feel there’s little concern about the future threat here in the UK, with Reform and potentially the Greens dangerous about the issue.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
US tells Nato if Zelenskyy does not sign peace deal Ukraine will face worse in future
US army secretary briefs ambassadors at ‘nightmare meeting’ in Kyiv on Friday after talks with Ukrainian leader
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November 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This is so depressing, Ukraine now then with Russia’s military support from China, Iran, N Korea what tomorrow? And still I feel there’s little concern about the future threat here in the UK, with Reform and potentially the Greens dangerous about the issue.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
A lovely tribute to Mani, “the bass player’s bass player”, by bass player Gordon Moakes, praising his “tiptoe-light touch – something delicate but propulsive, an anti-rock energy that had heart, and was dreaming of something”
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Remembering Mani, by Gordon Moakes | The Quietus
There’s a real nostalgic binary when it comes to the present-day view of Mancunian music from the 80s and 90s: it’s easy to see it as an amorphous blob of naive youth culture, macho posturing, retrogr...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A lovely tribute to Mani, “the bass player’s bass player”, by bass player Gordon Moakes, praising his “tiptoe-light touch – something delicate but propulsive, an anti-rock energy that had heart, and was dreaming of something”
thequietus.com/news/remembe...
thequietus.com/news/remembe...
LOOK HERE YOU LAMPOST FLAG FUCKING DONUTS, REFORM ARE THE LAW HAW HAWS OF OUR AGE! TRAITORS TO OUR NATION!
ffs.
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ffs.
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Nathan Gill, Voloshyn and the Kremlin’s European Network
The sentencing of Reform UK's former leader in Wales to ten and a half years in prison should open the door to a broader investigation into the pro-Kremlin network that infiltrated European politics, ...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
LOOK HERE YOU LAMPOST FLAG FUCKING DONUTS, REFORM ARE THE LAW HAW HAWS OF OUR AGE! TRAITORS TO OUR NATION!
ffs.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
ffs.
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this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
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it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
Proper and perfect weather up in Epping Forest on the morning constitutionals this week, colour washed out save the green blast of the grass in the V-2 crater
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Proper and perfect weather up in Epping Forest on the morning constitutionals this week, colour washed out save the green blast of the grass in the V-2 crater
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In my corner of the bass-playing universe there was life pre- and post-Mani. He brought a liquid, melodic funkiness that EVERYONE copied. And when I finally met him he was exactly how you imagined him: joyful, generous, unstarry (& more of a star because of it) and wickedly funny. A life well lived
November 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
In my corner of the bass-playing universe there was life pre- and post-Mani. He brought a liquid, melodic funkiness that EVERYONE copied. And when I finally met him he was exactly how you imagined him: joyful, generous, unstarry (& more of a star because of it) and wickedly funny. A life well lived
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Watched this live. Incredible.
November 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Watched this live. Incredible.
The Prml Scrm XTRMTR live era with Mani on bass and Kevin Shields in the band played some of the best gigs I've ever seen, blew my young head off. RIP Mani.
I recall an interview where he was asked what it was like playing with Shields on stage. "I'll be watching him and just before he taps a pedal with his foot, he'll look across at me as if to say, This is REALLY going to fuck you up."
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The Prml Scrm XTRMTR live era with Mani on bass and Kevin Shields in the band played some of the best gigs I've ever seen, blew my young head off. RIP Mani.
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PEOPLE IN RAILWAYS (1970)
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
PEOPLE IN RAILWAYS (1970)
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Watching the film in preparation for class I was again stunned by its devastating recasting of what a war film can be. One of the most powerful artistic depictions of mass violence ever. The ‘reverse the film’ ending (no spoilers) however still strikes me as disappointingly sentimental and trite.
Teaching Come and See (1985) on Thursday, so that’ll be a nice cozy way to wrap up the week.
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Watching the film in preparation for class I was again stunned by its devastating recasting of what a war film can be. One of the most powerful artistic depictions of mass violence ever. The ‘reverse the film’ ending (no spoilers) however still strikes me as disappointingly sentimental and trite.