Jack Aldane
@jackaldane.bsky.social
✒️ Writer | 🎙️ Host & Producer of The Booking Club and My Martin Amis podcasts | 🥊 Boxing fan
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Jack Aldane
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· Nov 23
The Booking Club
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If you follow me, love books, and love restaurants, you’re in for copious treats.
Tell me who you’d like me to have on as a guest on @bookingclubpod.bsky.social in 2025
Then hit SUBSCRIBE for the full archive 2018-now👇
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Tell me who you’d like me to have on as a guest on @bookingclubpod.bsky.social in 2025
Then hit SUBSCRIBE for the full archive 2018-now👇
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A message here from Rob Doyle, the Irish writer who’ll soon be ringing in the new year with a new novel, and a chat with @jackaldane.bsky.social media
December 16, 2025 at 8:42 AM
A message here from Rob Doyle, the Irish writer who’ll soon be ringing in the new year with a new novel, and a chat with @jackaldane.bsky.social media
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No slow start to 2026 for @mymartinamis.bsky.social.
📣IN THE NEW YEAR…
David Szalay, winner of the 2025 Booker Prize for his latest novel 🏆📚Flesh📚🏆, tells @jackaldane.bsky.social how #MartinAmis spurred him to deal with sordidness, how it made him a better writer, and the story behind his favourite Amis work. @thebookerprizes.com @thetls.bsky.social
David Szalay, winner of the 2025 Booker Prize for his latest novel 🏆📚Flesh📚🏆, tells @jackaldane.bsky.social how #MartinAmis spurred him to deal with sordidness, how it made him a better writer, and the story behind his favourite Amis work. @thebookerprizes.com @thetls.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
No slow start to 2026 for @mymartinamis.bsky.social.
We’re now approaching the second 1/2 of the 2020s, and if you’ve watched any number of documentaries on previous decades, you’ll know that they all end in a world virtually unrecognisable from the one they started as. We’ll only fully appreciate this in 2030 but the half-way mark always bears signs.
December 6, 2025 at 6:17 AM
We’re now approaching the second 1/2 of the 2020s, and if you’ve watched any number of documentaries on previous decades, you’ll know that they all end in a world virtually unrecognisable from the one they started as. We’ll only fully appreciate this in 2030 but the half-way mark always bears signs.
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Last episode of The Booking Club in 2025 brings
@jackaldane.bsky.social together with Kasim Ali to discuss Kasim's intense new novel📚Who Will Remain📚
They met at Salim's on Turnpike Lane. @4thestatebooks.bsky.social
@jackaldane.bsky.social together with Kasim Ali to discuss Kasim's intense new novel📚Who Will Remain📚
They met at Salim's on Turnpike Lane. @4thestatebooks.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Last episode of The Booking Club in 2025 brings
@jackaldane.bsky.social together with Kasim Ali to discuss Kasim's intense new novel📚Who Will Remain📚
They met at Salim's on Turnpike Lane. @4thestatebooks.bsky.social
@jackaldane.bsky.social together with Kasim Ali to discuss Kasim's intense new novel📚Who Will Remain📚
They met at Salim's on Turnpike Lane. @4thestatebooks.bsky.social
No slow start to 2026 for @mymartinamis.bsky.social.
📣IN THE NEW YEAR…
David Szalay, winner of the 2025 Booker Prize for his latest novel 🏆📚Flesh📚🏆, tells @jackaldane.bsky.social how #MartinAmis spurred him to deal with sordidness, how it made him a better writer, and the story behind his favourite Amis work. @thebookerprizes.com @thetls.bsky.social
David Szalay, winner of the 2025 Booker Prize for his latest novel 🏆📚Flesh📚🏆, tells @jackaldane.bsky.social how #MartinAmis spurred him to deal with sordidness, how it made him a better writer, and the story behind his favourite Amis work. @thebookerprizes.com @thetls.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
No slow start to 2026 for @mymartinamis.bsky.social.
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📣IN THE NEW YEAR…
David Szalay, winner of the 2025 Booker Prize for his latest novel 🏆📚Flesh📚🏆, tells @jackaldane.bsky.social how #MartinAmis spurred him to deal with sordidness, how it made him a better writer, and the story behind his favourite Amis work. @thebookerprizes.com @thetls.bsky.social
David Szalay, winner of the 2025 Booker Prize for his latest novel 🏆📚Flesh📚🏆, tells @jackaldane.bsky.social how #MartinAmis spurred him to deal with sordidness, how it made him a better writer, and the story behind his favourite Amis work. @thebookerprizes.com @thetls.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
📣IN THE NEW YEAR…
David Szalay, winner of the 2025 Booker Prize for his latest novel 🏆📚Flesh📚🏆, tells @jackaldane.bsky.social how #MartinAmis spurred him to deal with sordidness, how it made him a better writer, and the story behind his favourite Amis work. @thebookerprizes.com @thetls.bsky.social
David Szalay, winner of the 2025 Booker Prize for his latest novel 🏆📚Flesh📚🏆, tells @jackaldane.bsky.social how #MartinAmis spurred him to deal with sordidness, how it made him a better writer, and the story behind his favourite Amis work. @thebookerprizes.com @thetls.bsky.social
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Christmas trees should not be up at the time of the Autumn Budget.
I feel very strongly about this. Either curb your enthusiasm and don't put the trees up til December, or have the Budget in actual autumn. I don't mind which*, but red boxes and fairy lights do not mix
*the answer is obviously both
I feel very strongly about this. Either curb your enthusiasm and don't put the trees up til December, or have the Budget in actual autumn. I don't mind which*, but red boxes and fairy lights do not mix
*the answer is obviously both
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Christmas trees should not be up at the time of the Autumn Budget.
I feel very strongly about this. Either curb your enthusiasm and don't put the trees up til December, or have the Budget in actual autumn. I don't mind which*, but red boxes and fairy lights do not mix
*the answer is obviously both
I feel very strongly about this. Either curb your enthusiasm and don't put the trees up til December, or have the Budget in actual autumn. I don't mind which*, but red boxes and fairy lights do not mix
*the answer is obviously both
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🔊 In 2026...
Irish novelist Rob Doyle, author of📚Here Are the Young Men, 📚This Is the Ritual, 📚Threshold, + a forthcoming novel 📚Cameo, meets @jackaldane.bsky.social to discuss how #MartinAmis has shaped his life as a writer.
Do. Not. Miss.
ALL EPISODES 2023-2025: www.youtube.com/@mymartinami...
Irish novelist Rob Doyle, author of📚Here Are the Young Men, 📚This Is the Ritual, 📚Threshold, + a forthcoming novel 📚Cameo, meets @jackaldane.bsky.social to discuss how #MartinAmis has shaped his life as a writer.
Do. Not. Miss.
ALL EPISODES 2023-2025: www.youtube.com/@mymartinami...
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🔊 In 2026...
Irish novelist Rob Doyle, author of📚Here Are the Young Men, 📚This Is the Ritual, 📚Threshold, + a forthcoming novel 📚Cameo, meets @jackaldane.bsky.social to discuss how #MartinAmis has shaped his life as a writer.
Do. Not. Miss.
ALL EPISODES 2023-2025: www.youtube.com/@mymartinami...
Irish novelist Rob Doyle, author of📚Here Are the Young Men, 📚This Is the Ritual, 📚Threshold, + a forthcoming novel 📚Cameo, meets @jackaldane.bsky.social to discuss how #MartinAmis has shaped his life as a writer.
Do. Not. Miss.
ALL EPISODES 2023-2025: www.youtube.com/@mymartinami...
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Join @jackaldane.bsky.social and Kasim Ali on December’s episode of The Booking Club ❄️ @4thestatebooks.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Join @jackaldane.bsky.social and Kasim Ali on December’s episode of The Booking Club ❄️ @4thestatebooks.bsky.social
Happy Sunday from Les Deux Magots in Paris
November 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Happy Sunday from Les Deux Magots in Paris
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Are the figures who stoke the fires of bureaucracy in Franz Kafka's The Trial the novel's true victims? @jackaldane.bsky.social @nickwallis.bsky.social @johnyorkestory.bsky.social
FULL EPISODE🔗https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkOsfe6apwY
FULL EPISODE🔗https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkOsfe6apwY
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Are the figures who stoke the fires of bureaucracy in Franz Kafka's The Trial the novel's true victims? @jackaldane.bsky.social @nickwallis.bsky.social @johnyorkestory.bsky.social
FULL EPISODE🔗https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkOsfe6apwY
FULL EPISODE🔗https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkOsfe6apwY
I wrote a review of Anika Jade Levy's excellent debut novel Flat Earth.
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Flat Earth, by Anika Jade Levy: a review
Millennials are forgetting what it was like to be young and desperate. They should discover what it's like now, with the help of a literary debut.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I wrote a review of Anika Jade Levy's excellent debut novel Flat Earth.
jackaldane.substack.com/p/flat-earth...
jackaldane.substack.com/p/flat-earth...
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‼️ 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?...
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?...
Why You Should Read Franz Kafka's The Trial in 2025
YouTube video by The Booking Club podcast
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November 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
‼️ 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?...
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?...
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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
@jackaldane.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
🔗 youtu.be/FmDE-0zeOwk
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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
@jackaldane.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
🔗 youtu.be/FmDE-0zeOwk
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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?...
FULL EPISODE OUT NOW: youtu.be/FmDE-0zeOwk?...
November 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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?...
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.
(my viciously snobbish take on the Frick, having finally been, is that if you live in Europe and have put even just *some* effort into going to the big museums there then it just isn't all that remarkable as a collection, but bless the yanks for giving it a decent go)
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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.
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Can novels really be adapted into movies?
Podcast friendships, Reading novels, and The Ballad Of Small Player on Netflix
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November 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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-...
🔗 substack.com/home/post/p-...
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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...
FULL EPISODE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmDE...
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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...
FULL EPISODE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmDE...
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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...
🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmDE...
November 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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...
🔗 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.
I hereby look forward to receiving notification of my award for outstanding work in the field of Everything-is-Connected Studies. Thank you.
November 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
“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.
I hereby look forward to receiving notification of my award for outstanding work in the field of Everything-is-Connected Studies. Thank you.
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⏰ 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...
@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...
October 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
⏰ 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...
@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...
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🗓️ 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
…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
October 22, 2025 at 8:33 AM
🗓️ 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
…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
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@drmatthewsweet.bsky.social's Top Book recommendation of 2025, and the writer he would most like to join for dinner.
October 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
@drmatthewsweet.bsky.social's Top Book recommendation of 2025, and the writer he would most like to join for dinner.
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👀 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!
October 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
👀 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!
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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.
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.
October 14, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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.
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.