Luke Kennard

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543 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 8 Jul

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London Review Bookshop Podcast · Luke Kennard & Will Eaves - Black Bag · 8 Jul 2026 podcast

Anyway, sorry, that's by the by.

So he's on the train and he's seen Justine and he's watching her kind of reading and taking notes and working.

She's on her way to see her husband who he only finds out about like halfway through their relationship.

So he's still kind of dealing with that as well.

It is a great pleasure close to anguish to see your lover as someone else sees them.

For your lover to be admired by someone else is perhaps the greatest pleasure.

I do not know why that is, whether it comes from something shameful and primitive.

I possess something you want, therefore I am superior to you.

If Justine were to look longingly at me at this, would that be disloyal to Black Bag?

I move the two of clubs onto the three of hearts.

I can itemise my significant past relationships alongside my previous roles, only in this case it was always the same role.

At some point, it doesn't seem to matter whether one embraces the traditional precepts of masculinity or not.

It's more what I call the compensatory model.

which is itself not unlike a game of solitaire.

So, A, I may not be physically strong or visibly muscular.

B, I don't have any money to speak of.

I'm in fact flat broke.

C, given the above, I often lack self-esteem and the necessary level of confidence required to function in society.

I may also, in fact, be terminally indecisive and so worried about upsetting anyone, given the loneliness of my station, that I cannot even commit to or venture an opinion on the choice of pub or an evening out.

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