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Luke Upward’s Great Lies Of Modern Times (some additions)
Tweet 1) Your call is important to us 2) Easy to assemble 3) Serves 2 4) Fun for all the family 5) You can’t miss it 6) I didn’t get your email for some reason, could you send it again? … Continue reading
Luke Upward London Library Lion
Tweet Needless to say, Luke Upward was a lion of the London Library. His subscription was paid irregularly and in arrears, but he was never challenged since it was unthinkable that the greatest private lending library in the world should … Continue reading
Luke Upward’s Legend of Pimlico Part 2
Tweet The story so far: Imperial China in the 1860s. Beautiful, gifted peasant girl Pim-Lee-Koh (Little Oyster of the Prairie) is groomed to become the concubine of the Manchu Emperor. Instead, she becomes the lover of the Loyal King, military … Continue reading
Luke Upward’s Wisden Obituary
Tweet UPWARD, Luke Constant Lee, whose death due to pernicious anomie was announced on 31 June, was once described as the David Gower of English literature, delighting his followers with a stream of effortlessly exquisite aphorisms and apophthegms. He also … Continue reading
Luke Upward: The Legend Of Pimlico part 1
Tweet As previously noted, Luke Upward was intermittently banned from racecourses and betting shops, when it was discovered that other punters were betting the field against his selections. During one of these periods of relative prosperity, England’s pre-eminent man of … Continue reading
Luke Upward’s Lost Love
Tweet Luke Upward always experienced a special melancholy on Valentine’s Day. This had nothing to do with the strain of composing sentimental declarations for greeting cards (the occupation attributed to him by his jealous rival, Walter Downer.) Quite simply, Valentine’s … Continue reading
Luke Upward’s Crime – and Punishment
Tweet In support of Patrick Moore’s campaign against “light pollution” Luke Upward wrote copious letters to influential journals and ghosted a special article for his old friend Lord Shortcake which occupied a double page in the Goldfish Gazette. When these … Continue reading
