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

And I've read some quite, I generally, if somebody asks me to blurb something, I will.

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Because I have done for the last like 20 years and I don't want anyone to be like the first person that I haven't.

But like... Why are you asked quite a lot?

I never ask.

You never ask.

It surprises me.

I did ask you to do this.

That counts for a lot.

You seem like you didn't actually really like it.

So we're not using that.

I liked it.

The only thing that I've refused to blurb was a very broad satire of universities that I found a bit crass and a bit sort of stating the obvious.

And I think there are some things that are so sort of beneath contempt.

Oh, God, I know what that is.

I'm not going to say it.

I just think you just can't do that.

I think Lucky Jim was a great satire of universities in its era because it was sort of with a certain level of love as well.

I think it's in the same way that Claudio is a very online man who is very successful.

And I also very consciously didn't want him to be part of the...

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