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doing enough with your brain: intelligent magazine articles as a research pathway
or: how to be actually well-educated, a continued roast of some AI writing, advice about how to wander forever in the world of human thinking. part 2 of…
Dec 21
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Naomi Alderman
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a single line of Shakespeare contains an ethical universe
on what we get from individual word choice, what good writing is, plus: what I put in my ChatGPT settings to make it helpful
Dec 14
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Naomi Alderman
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audiobooks part 2: 21 more excellent listens for dark months
and at the bottom: I bought a games company, some things that made me laugh and a few days of winter sun that apparently were as good as a facelift?!
Dec 7
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Naomi Alderman
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Guess where?
I went up a mountain yesterday, through cloud and out the other side
Dec 2
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Naomi Alderman
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at the ebbing of the year: 27 genuinely excellent audiobooks (36 more to come)
my recs to friends for: long car journeys, kitchen cooking sessions, present-wrapping, crafts, staring at falling snow, leaves or rain, drowsing off to…
Dec 1
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Naomi Alderman
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November 2025
going through hell, keeping going
on art, grief, and the emotional heroism of just bloody keeping on making your work
Nov 23
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Naomi Alderman
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the irritation of small things
a short story of mine you can't read anywhere else: it's about therapy, relationships and the future maybe not being awful after all
Nov 18
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Naomi Alderman
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how teenagers can prepare for work in the AI era
part 2: a five-step programme of practical advice, in addition to not panicking
Nov 16
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Naomi Alderman
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how to preserve your friendships during an information crisis
and why it's really important to try (if you can, and they're committed to it too)
Nov 12
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Naomi Alderman
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Flesh by David Szalay
most correct and brilliant Booker-winner in years
Nov 11
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Naomi Alderman
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the BBC and why it needs defending
even if you don't always agree with it, and sometimes it does things that you think are outright terrible
Nov 10
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Naomi Alderman
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keep cranking the rusty handle: writing prompts 1-7 November
and how to use writing prompts to loosen up your writing, boost your creativity, find new angles in your non-fiction and unearth treasure from memory
Nov 7
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Naomi Alderman
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