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
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Impress guests over Christmas with my luxurious #RecipeOfTheDay for artichokes with a blood orange mayonnaise: buff.ly/HnFa6bW
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#food #recipe #cooking 🍽️🍜
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Impress guests over Christmas with my luxurious #RecipeOfTheDay for artichokes with a blood orange mayonnaise: buff.ly/HnFa6bW
#food #recipe #cooking 🍽️🍜
#food #recipe #cooking 🍽️🍜
They're two of the most iconic adulterers in literature. From Rodin to Rossetti, click here to learn how the affair between Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta inspired artists since the Renaissance: buff.ly/HnFa6bW
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#art
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
They're two of the most iconic adulterers in literature. From Rodin to Rossetti, click here to learn how the affair between Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta inspired artists since the Renaissance: buff.ly/HnFa6bW
#art
#art
“In the city there was time for all of this, and more. Time for the ordinary, to which we normally give little value…”
You should get excited for Sophie Mackintosh's upcoming novel PERMANENCE. To learn why, read my review of this subtle, moving book: buff.ly/HnFa6bW
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
You should get excited for Sophie Mackintosh's upcoming novel PERMANENCE. To learn why, read my review of this subtle, moving book: buff.ly/HnFa6bW
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“In the city there was time for all of this, and more. Time for the ordinary, to which we normally give little value…”
You should get excited for Sophie Mackintosh's upcoming novel PERMANENCE. To learn why, read my review of this subtle, moving book: buff.ly/HnFa6bW
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
You should get excited for Sophie Mackintosh's upcoming novel PERMANENCE. To learn why, read my review of this subtle, moving book: buff.ly/HnFa6bW
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
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Click here to travel back to the 1930s with a thrilling mystery, an underrated artist, and Victorian-era breakfast, all in my newsletter: buff.ly/vdb7QYs
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Click here to travel back to the 1930s with a thrilling mystery, an underrated artist, and Victorian-era breakfast, all in my newsletter: buff.ly/vdb7QYs
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December 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Click here to travel back to the 1930s with a thrilling mystery, an underrated artist, and Victorian-era breakfast, all in my newsletter: buff.ly/vdb7QYs
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Click here to travel back to the 1930s with a thrilling mystery, an underrated artist, and Victorian-era breakfast, all in my newsletter: buff.ly/vdb7QYs
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Spicy, satisfying, and quick to make, my #RecipeOfTheDay is a simplified version of the Indian-British classic kedgeree.
Learn how to make it: buff.ly/vdb7QYs
#food #recipe #cooking 🍽️🍜
Learn how to make it: buff.ly/vdb7QYs
#food #recipe #cooking 🍽️🍜
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Spicy, satisfying, and quick to make, my #RecipeOfTheDay is a simplified version of the Indian-British classic kedgeree.
Learn how to make it: buff.ly/vdb7QYs
#food #recipe #cooking 🍽️🍜
Learn how to make it: buff.ly/vdb7QYs
#food #recipe #cooking 🍽️🍜
"Her subjects gaze off into the distance, lost in thought, as though we’ve intruded on a private moment of grief."
I showcase the under-appreciated portraits of Dod Procter in today's newsletter. Click here to read more: buff.ly/vdb7QYs
#art
I showcase the under-appreciated portraits of Dod Procter in today's newsletter. Click here to read more: buff.ly/vdb7QYs
#art
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"Her subjects gaze off into the distance, lost in thought, as though we’ve intruded on a private moment of grief."
I showcase the under-appreciated portraits of Dod Procter in today's newsletter. Click here to read more: buff.ly/vdb7QYs
#art
I showcase the under-appreciated portraits of Dod Procter in today's newsletter. Click here to read more: buff.ly/vdb7QYs
#art
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
Alternatively, the Pope is a big Brian de Palma fan.
November 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Alternatively, the Pope is a big Brian de Palma fan.
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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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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
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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
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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
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
Syllabub is almost as fun to eat as it is to say. My #RecipeOfTheDay is scented with thyme and lemon, and will bring summery delight to your dessert course.
Get the recipe: buff.ly/z7caBMB
#food #recipe #cooking 🍽️🍜
Get the recipe: buff.ly/z7caBMB
#food #recipe #cooking 🍽️🍜
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Syllabub is almost as fun to eat as it is to say. My #RecipeOfTheDay is scented with thyme and lemon, and will bring summery delight to your dessert course.
Get the recipe: buff.ly/z7caBMB
#food #recipe #cooking 🍽️🍜
Get the recipe: buff.ly/z7caBMB
#food #recipe #cooking 🍽️🍜
"I’ll never meet these Romans—yet looking at these portraits, for a moment I feel as though I already have."
Click here to read about the mysteriously moving beauty of the Fayum mummy portraits, which blend Roman and Egyptian culture: buff.ly/z7caBMB
#art #history
Click here to read about the mysteriously moving beauty of the Fayum mummy portraits, which blend Roman and Egyptian culture: buff.ly/z7caBMB
#art #history
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"I’ll never meet these Romans—yet looking at these portraits, for a moment I feel as though I already have."
Click here to read about the mysteriously moving beauty of the Fayum mummy portraits, which blend Roman and Egyptian culture: buff.ly/z7caBMB
#art #history
Click here to read about the mysteriously moving beauty of the Fayum mummy portraits, which blend Roman and Egyptian culture: buff.ly/z7caBMB
#art #history
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
ICYMI:
Rock-climbing! Statues! And the joys of beetroot! It's all in this week's wild and earthy newsletter.
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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
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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
🎵 Hallelujah it's raining whale 🎵
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🎵 Hallelujah it's raining whale 🎵
I have discovered my spirit animal.
November 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I have discovered my spirit animal.
Terrifying dinosaur...or Arabian sand boa? You be the judge.
November 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Terrifying dinosaur...or Arabian sand boa? You be the judge.
The painter John Martin didn’t just create famously dramatic vistas of storms and disasters—he also painted "The Country of the Iguanodon", a watercolour populated by the derpiest, cutest dinosaurs you’ve ever seen.
#art
#art
November 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The painter John Martin didn’t just create famously dramatic vistas of storms and disasters—he also painted "The Country of the Iguanodon", a watercolour populated by the derpiest, cutest dinosaurs you’ve ever seen.
#art
#art
I hate to nitpick, but the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine clearly hasn’t helped this fellow very much.
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I hate to nitpick, but the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine clearly hasn’t helped this fellow very much.
As Key and Peele put it, “Can I interest you two in some DELICIOUS BEETS?”
They're candied beets with orange and ginger, to be precise. To get my #RecipeOfTheDay for this blood-red treat, click here: buff.ly/ZyhaaW9
#food #recipe #cooking 🍽️🍜
They're candied beets with orange and ginger, to be precise. To get my #RecipeOfTheDay for this blood-red treat, click here: buff.ly/ZyhaaW9
#food #recipe #cooking 🍽️🍜
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
As Key and Peele put it, “Can I interest you two in some DELICIOUS BEETS?”
They're candied beets with orange and ginger, to be precise. To get my #RecipeOfTheDay for this blood-red treat, click here: buff.ly/ZyhaaW9
#food #recipe #cooking 🍽️🍜
They're candied beets with orange and ginger, to be precise. To get my #RecipeOfTheDay for this blood-red treat, click here: buff.ly/ZyhaaW9
#food #recipe #cooking 🍽️🍜
"I’m unusually familiar with Ahuva Zeloof’s art: I work in an office full of it."
Her sculptures are "created by nature and found by the artist". To learn about Zeloof's striking statues, and the philosophy expressed in her upcoming book, click here: buff.ly/ZyhaaW9
#art #sculpture
Her sculptures are "created by nature and found by the artist". To learn about Zeloof's striking statues, and the philosophy expressed in her upcoming book, click here: buff.ly/ZyhaaW9
#art #sculpture
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"I’m unusually familiar with Ahuva Zeloof’s art: I work in an office full of it."
Her sculptures are "created by nature and found by the artist". To learn about Zeloof's striking statues, and the philosophy expressed in her upcoming book, click here: buff.ly/ZyhaaW9
#art #sculpture
Her sculptures are "created by nature and found by the artist". To learn about Zeloof's striking statues, and the philosophy expressed in her upcoming book, click here: buff.ly/ZyhaaW9
#art #sculpture
"I want to prove that grit and passion matter more than money and privilege. Because this is our sport!"
A coming-of-age story about rock-climbers, Gabriel Tallent's upcoming novel CRUX is an ode to untamed American wilderness.
Read my review: buff.ly/ZyhaaW9
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
A coming-of-age story about rock-climbers, Gabriel Tallent's upcoming novel CRUX is an ode to untamed American wilderness.
Read my review: buff.ly/ZyhaaW9
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"I want to prove that grit and passion matter more than money and privilege. Because this is our sport!"
A coming-of-age story about rock-climbers, Gabriel Tallent's upcoming novel CRUX is an ode to untamed American wilderness.
Read my review: buff.ly/ZyhaaW9
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview
A coming-of-age story about rock-climbers, Gabriel Tallent's upcoming novel CRUX is an ode to untamed American wilderness.
Read my review: buff.ly/ZyhaaW9
📚💙 #booksky #bookreview