‼️ NEW EPISODE from #BattleFest 2025 Celebrate Franz Kafka’s The Trial at 100 with @jackaldane.bsky.social and guests @nickwallis.bsky.social , @johnyorkestory.bsky.social and Maxie Allen 📺 youtu.be/AkOsfe6apwY?...

The world has changed a lot since Lawrence Osborne’s 📚 The Ballad of a Small Player 📚 was published in 2014… @jackaldane.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social 🔗 youtu.be/FmDE-0zeOwk

Check out Lawrence Osborne’s top book rec of 2025, plus the author he would ideally take to dinner. FULL EPISODE OUT NOW: youtu.be/FmDE-0zeOwk?...

Can concur. I've been to the Frick three frickin' times and have only the wateriest memories.

In which York Underwood asks whether novels can ever be successfully adapted into movies and gives a very flattering take on @bookingclubpod.bsky.social by way of @theresthistory.bsky.social. 🔗 substack.com/home/post/p-...

If you think America is a materialistic culture, you don't know China, says the novelist Lawrence Osborne on the latest episode with @jackaldane.bsky.social. FULL EPISODE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmDE...

This is Defune, London's longest-standing Japanese restaurant, where @jackaldane.bsky.social met novelist Lawrence Osborne on the latest episode to discuss The Ballad of a Small Player. 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmDE...

“Walk without rhythm and it won't attract the worm.” I hereby look forward to receiving notification of my award for outstanding work in the field of Everything-is-Connected Studies. Thank you.

⏰ NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! @jackaldane.bsky.social meets Lawrence Osborne, author of acclaimed novel 📚The Ballad of a Small Player 📚, now an adapted screenplay on @netflix.com #balladofasmallplayer. 🔗 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... 🔗 spotify.link/Onwph4u8QXb 🔗 shows.acast.com/5eb2ec99ca79...

🗓️ IN NOVEMBER… …you can watch our full live show from #battlefest 2025, in which we marked the 100th anniversary of the publication of Franz Kafka’s The Trial @jackaldane.bsky.social @nickwallis.bsky.social @johnyorkestory.bsky.social

@drmatthewsweet.bsky.social's Top Book recommendation of 2025, and the writer he would most like to join for dinner.

👀 UP NEXT! Author of The Ballad of a Small Player Lawrence Osborne meets @jackaldane.bsky.social at #Defune, London's longest-standing Japanese restaurant to discuss the novel and its dazzling adaptation now available on @netflix.com!

More power to @profangiehobbs.bsky.social – I hope this revival of The Great Philosophers brings about the rebirth of deep learning through television. Archived programming on YT from the 70s and 80s has been a gift for two whole decades, but it’s time to put philosophy back on the mainstream menu.

More power to @profangiehobbs.bsky.social – I hope this revival of The Great Philosophers brings about the rebirth of deep learning through television. Archived programming on YT from the 70s and 80s has been a gift for two whole decades, but it’s time to put philosophy back on the mainstream menu.

Stinging news. #dianekeaton #RIPDianeKeaton

@drmatthewsweet.bsky.social and @jackaldane.bsky.social got talking about Barbara Cartland on the latest episode - the third best-selling author in history behind William Shakespeare and Agatha Christie😲 NOW FEATURING THE REAL BARBARA! FULL EPIOSDE🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SOs...

@drmatthewsweet.bsky.social and @jackaldane.bsky.social got talking about Barbara Cartland on the latest episode - the third best-selling author in history behind William Shakespeare and Agatha Christie😲 FULL EPISODE🔗https://t.co/Yv5lr0T0Ko

At #BattleFest on 18th Oct @jackaldane.bsky.social will be hosting The Booking Club LIVE AND joining a panel to discuss #JaneAusten at 250. See who'll be there: www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/jane... Use code ‘BOOKCLUB’ for 20% off TICKETS: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-...

A message from Lawrence Osborne, author of The Ballad of a Small Player 👀

"The Founding Fathers feared democracy and they feared monarchy. They wanted a republic where it was safe for white men of business to do business." Gore Vidal

@nickwallis.bsky.social is ready for #battlefest this year. Are you? Don't miss out on our celebration of Franz Kafka's The Trial at 100 on Saturday 18th October. @jackaldane.bsky.social @johnyorkestory.bsky.social 🔗 t.co/6aAxYTeFvd

Another #bookingclubbite with @jackaldane.bsky.social ahjead of #battlefest with @nickwallis.bsky.social Maxie Allen and @johnyorkestory.bsky.social Join us at Church House in Westminster on Saturday 18 October: www.battleofideas.org.uk/battle-of-id...

Gurkha's in Syndenham was a delight! Listen to @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social and @jackaldane.bsky.social talk about this South London gem, and the many wonderful books Matthew has both written and read so far this year. @quercusbooks.bsky.social FULL EPISODE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SOs...

“When you die, it is either the end of everything – you are gone, snuffed out, finished, or there is something. I happen to believe there is something – so I can’t think of a more exciting adventure than finding out what the something is.” - Jane Goodall www.ft.com/content/9600...

Big thank you to @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social for joining me at Gurkha’s in #sydenham to talk about #bookish on @bookingclubpod.bsky.social – out soon!

🚨NEW EPISODE! @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social, author of 'Bookish', based on the hit TV series starring @markgatissjp.bsky.social, Polly Walker, Connor Finch, Buket Komur and others, meets @jackaldane.bsky.social at Gurkhas in #Sydenham. 🔗 t.co/zZSWwcNZjw 🔗 t.co/2Tl995yxBn 🔗 t.co/AtMu6ahE2J

We need to talk about Josef K. On 18 October, @jackaldane.bsky.social will be joined by @nickwallis.bsky.social, Maxie Allen and @johnyorkestory.bsky.social at this year’s Battle of Ideas Festival #battlefest to discuss Franz Kafka’s The Trial at 100. Academy of Ideas 🔗 to 🎟️ in comments

Nothing says the end of progress like a moral arc you have to bend yourself.

Big thank you to @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social for joining me at Gurkha’s in #sydenham to talk about #bookish on @bookingclubpod.bsky.social – out soon!

Ahead of dinner with @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social for @bookingclubpod.bsky.social...

Ahead of dinner with @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social for @bookingclubpod.bsky.social...

🚨 On 18 Oct @jackaldane.bsky.social will not only be hosting a live #podcast about the 100th anniversary of Kafka’s The Trial, but also speaking about the legacy of Jane Austen at 250 (see below)👇 Don’t miss either! Use code ‘BOOKCLUB’ for 20% off all tickets 🎟️ 🔗 eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-...

🗓️ SAT 18 OCT 25 @jackaldane.bsky.social takes the stage at #battlefest 2025 along with @nickwallis.bsky.social, Maxie Allen of Times Radio, and @johnyorkestory.bsky.social to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Kafka's The Trial. Use code BOOKCLUB for 20% off 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-...

Was there ever a face more made for the movies? #robertredfordrip

🗓️ HOLD THE DATE: SAT 18 OCT 2025 @jackaldane.bsky.social and guests return to this year's #battlefest for a centennial celebration of one of the most disturbing and enduring novels of all time. Any guesses?🤔 Use the code BOOKCLUB for 20% off ALL 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-...

Ian McGuire, author of the 2016 novel The North Water, reads from #MartinAmis's The Rub of Time, in which an essay appears on the toll age can take on the writer's 'inner ear', and what Amis belives this meant for John Updike. See 🔗 in the bio for the FULL EPISODE

Such a wonderful episode with John and Ian BTW, I finished listening this morning and immediately had to contact them. Your questions were so good.

"[Martin Amis] said: I'm no longer reading with a pencil in my hand, and I knew that that was probably the closest he'd come to complaining to me about his state of health. I think the pencil represents an idea of the future. About a week later he was dead."’ www.thetimes.com/culture/book...

🚨 Listen to the latest episode with writers John McAuliffe and Ian McGuire of The University of Manchester's Centre for New Writing. Here's John reading from #MartinAmis 's collection of essays 📚The Rub of Time📚, about watching football live. Link to full episode in bio

🚨 NEW EPISODE! John McAuliffe & Ian McGuire of meet @jackaldane.bsky.social to share memories of #MartinAmis you won’t hear anywhere else. 🍎 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/64Ui... Acast shows.acast.com/6480a754d9a8...

A spot of cross-pollination here as Martin Locock @mlocock.bsky.social, Amis fan and fellow podcast creator, offers his two cents on Yellow Dog, an underdog novel in the Amis corpus that he argues brings more pleasure than its critics would have you believe. Here are the 3 reasons why 👇

After a discussion with @mymartinamis.bsky.social @jackaldane.bsky.social I have put together a partial defence of Amis's Yellow Dog. It's not as bad as you thought, honest! x.com/i/status/195...

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! 🍎 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6Pgm... Acast shows.acast.com/5eb2ec99ca79...

Daniel Day Lewis is back people! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVqo...

🔊 OUT NOW! Phoebe Greenwood and @jackaldane.bsky.social meet at #hibaexpress Lebanese and Palestinian restaurant to discuss her debut novel 📚 Vulture 📚, a grim satire of the 2012 War in Gaza @europaeditions.bsky.social 🍎 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6Pgm...

👀COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER... Friends and former colleagues of #MartinAmis, the writers John McAuliffe and Ian McGuire, talk to @jackaldane.bsky.social next about founding the University of Manchester's @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social, and the indispensable role Amis played in bringing it to life.

Next episode is taking @jackaldane.bsky.social to Manchester… 🤔

Never thought I'd finish listening to a Martin Amis podcast and end up thinking I need to read "Lonesome Dove"...!

🚨Listen up! Phoebe Greenwood @pagreenwood.bsky.social has something to announce... @jackaldane.bsky.social @europaeditions.bsky.social