Luke trained as an actor at the Italia Conti stage school in London.

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As well as being madly passionate about all things performative, he has always harboured a deep and profound love of words.

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He is a professionally trained English teacher that taught in secondary schools, in deprived areas of Yorkshire, for six years.  He is now a one-to-one tutor of English, hell-bent on imparting his love of linguistics to our next generation of writers, poets, and wordsmiths.

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Luke's poetry became critically important to him as a vehicle for gaining perspective on the kinds of hardships that so many of us face.  He suffered though a divorce; struggled with severe stress and anxiety; battled bouts of depression; fought persistent flirtations with alcohol abuse.  There was a night in the cells.  A driving ban.  Self-harm.

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There was a night that for a moment might have been his last.

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But, without prejudice or judgement, words were always there for him.

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And so he chose to embrace them.  Marry them to his performance skills, his training, his expertise.

 

With theRunesofLuke.com, the entire journey, as he moves forward, will be chronicled.