Stoke Newington Literary Festival — Luke Turner: Men at War
“Beautiful . . . so rewarding . . . engaging and surprising... a loving, important work.” Erica Wagner on MAW in the New Statesman
wrote about the Dambusters raid for the Telegraph
Buy Men At War: Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945
On Forces News at the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight hanger discussing sex & planes
An interview with Patrick Wolf for the Guardian
I wrote about the magnificent I Want My Hat Back as a masterpiece of minimalist literature and philosophy for the New Statesman.
On the psychedelic power of an old cassette of Vaughan Williams' The Wasps and the landscape, for BBC Radio 3
When we were doomed – why Dad's Army is more than nostalgia telly
On why our Remembrance of war needs to be diverse
Buy the critically-acclaimed, Wainwright Prize shortlisted Out Of The Wood from an independent bookshop
Your Shrouded Form: an essay on Siegfied Sassoon, autumn, sexuality in war & young soldiers in the Gifts of Gravity & Light anthology
A chapter on Epping Forest & boozing in this new book on London's pubs
Why It's A Sin is such a powerful and necessary dramatisation of the AIDS crisis
Oh look, I'm writing about Suede again! For the Guardian, on how they changed my life
Of Cake & Men - I interviewed Sleaford Mods about masculinity, sexuality & the English grotesque
A piece on the strange appeal of psychological breakdown / homebuilding programme Grand Designs
Nature is healing? An essay on Coronavirus and our relationship with the non-human
I went on BBC Scotland's Big Scottish Book Club to discuss Out Of The Woods, sexuality & mental health in nature
"A book to get lost in" Out Of The Woods reviewed in the Guardian
On the BBC's Countryfile talking about conservation work with Hamza Yassin
My essay on the depth of modern masculinity for The Observer
For the BBC, a feature on the rise of LGBT+ football supporter groups #COYI
A chat about building model aeroplanes and complex histories of WWII with John Robb
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