world building

Child Heathcliff to Thrushcross Came

Childhood Imagination in Wuthering Heights

Feb 16 • Luke Bateman

Island Sketches

Four islands you will not find in the Lake District

Jan 16 • Luke Bateman

The Hearsay Worlds of His Dark Materials

Growing Up Without A Golden Compass

Nov 7, 2025 • Luke Bateman

Lost in the Mountains with Queer Phenomenology

Who have I become in the mountains?

Oct 24, 2025 • Luke Bateman

Doctor Who & Black Temporalities

Inua Ellams' Adventures in Space and Time

Oct 10, 2025 • Luke Bateman

Wait, Is Gladiator About Farming?

Where Was Power And Masculinity in the Roman Empire?

Sep 26, 2025 • Luke Bateman

#24 What I Did On My Summer Holidays

Masquerade and Authenticity in Scottish Bed and Breakfasts

Sep 5, 2025 • Luke Bateman

#23 Whatever Happened To The Man of Tomorrow?

Utopian Masculinities In This Year's Summer Superhero Films

Aug 29, 2025 • Luke Bateman

#22 Every Twin Peaks Is A Documentary Of Its Actors

My first of many attempts to process my feelings about The Return

Aug 24, 2025 • Luke Bateman

#21 Things Are Not What They Seem

On props and their layered realities

Aug 15, 2025 • Luke Bateman

#20 How To Look At Dinosaurs

Ways of Seeing in Jurassic World: Rebirth

Aug 8, 2025 • Luke Bateman

#19 Hailing the Ball

An account of a fierce and homely game

Jul 25, 2025 • Luke Bateman

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