Whatever Works | Naomi Alderman | Substack

are you asking enough of your brain?

scrolling addiction is actually a sign you're desperate to learn new things

Oct 6, 2025 • Naomi Alderman

classics via the spicy bits: the lesbian Philaenis

Martial epigram 7:67 (I have changed the title from "sexy bits" to "spicy bits" because I want to be able to do all the non-sexual vitriol and…

21 hrs ago • Naomi Alderman

what has value in an era of 'AI arbitrage'?

how people ended up believing in Moltbook, why we're in a science-fictional era and what that tells us about making money in the era of AI

Feb 8 • Naomi Alderman

classics via the sexy bits

Martial epigram 6.67, a surprising way not to get pregnant in Ancient Rome

Feb 4 • Naomi Alderman

look at me. I’m here. I’m the ultimate product of Hitler’s defeat

Marty Supreme is the most intensely Jewish movie I’ve ever seen in my life, and I ended up writing 5,000 words about it. buckle up.

Feb 1 • Naomi Alderman

Recent posts

we have that within which passes show

on the post-literate world, the crassness of language and why Hamnet was always going to be hard to film. plus! what is 'just enough internet'? and the…

Jan 25 • Naomi Alderman

pain, fatigue and how to have less of them

first ever podcast ep! an interview with my wonderful friend who is a senior rheumatologist. plus: how to regain your focus in 15 minutes

Jan 18

1:06:28

I didn't want to write about child sexual abuse images

but here we are

Jan 13 • Naomi Alderman

Whatever Works

Whatever Works

novelist, genuinely interested in almost everything. here I write about art that thrills me, what words and how they do it, places I love, technology that intrigues me, ways to learn new brilliant stuff, everything I am curious about.

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a considered position

look at me. I’m here. I’m the ultimate product of Hitler’s defeat

Marty Supreme is the most intensely Jewish movie I’ve ever seen in my life, and I ended up writing 5,000 words about it. buckle up.

Feb 1 • Naomi Alderman

I didn't want to write about child sexual abuse images

but here we are

Jan 13 • Naomi Alderman

I love Prince Harry

possibly my most controversial opinion that I am very sure of and which I think could not publish like this in the UK press (plus, under the line: a…

Jan 4 • Naomi Alderman

going through hell, keeping going

on art, grief, and the emotional heroism of just bloody keeping on making your work

Nov 23, 2025 • Naomi Alderman

technological intelligence

what has value in an era of 'AI arbitrage'?

how people ended up believing in Moltbook, why we're in a science-fictional era and what that tells us about making money in the era of AI

Feb 8 • Naomi Alderman

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, 2025 • Naomi Alderman

something unexpected that AI has made me better at

it is not writing (lol). or superintelligent thinking (lol lol). but I think there are four skills that are a good benefit, and easy to practice - and…

Nov 6, 2025 • Naomi Alderman

preparing for the working world in the age of AI

or: seven things to tell your kids when they ask what they should study now, or what the point of studying is

Nov 3, 2025 • Naomi Alderman

close readings

look at me. I’m here. I’m the ultimate product of Hitler’s defeat

Marty Supreme is the most intensely Jewish movie I’ve ever seen in my life, and I ended up writing 5,000 words about it. buckle up.

Feb 1 • Naomi Alderman

we have that within which passes show

on the post-literate world, the crassness of language and why Hamnet was always going to be hard to film. plus! what is 'just enough internet'? and the…

Jan 25 • Naomi Alderman

Flesh by David Szalay

most correct and brilliant Booker-winner in years

Nov 11, 2025 • Naomi Alderman

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, 2025 • Naomi Alderman

how to actually be enjoyably well-educated (1 of 7)

or: how not to allow AI-generated education advice to rot your brain

Oct 24, 2025 • Naomi Alderman

infectious enthusiasms

classics via the spicy bits: the lesbian Philaenis

Martial epigram 7:67 (I have changed the title from "sexy bits" to "spicy bits" because I want to be able to do all the non-sexual vitriol and…

21 hrs ago • Naomi Alderman

1:06:28

pain, fatigue and how to have less of them

first ever podcast ep! an interview with my wonderful friend who is a senior rheumatologist. plus: how to regain your focus in 15 minutes

Jan 18

a calendar of delicious podcast subscriptions for 2026

a month of each, listen & move on (or keep if you love them obvs). plus: books, films, games for this lovely bit of the break. And! how actual AI…

Dec 28, 2025 • Naomi Alderman

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, 2025 • Naomi Alderman

leaving the house

Jewish London: a celebration in 13 places

because it is nice to think about gorgeous parts of my culture and heritage

Oct 3, 2025 • Naomi Alderman

43 more things I love in London

still just filled to the brim with wonder

Sep 25, 2025 • Naomi Alderman

57 things I love in London

because London is so good. it's just so so good.

Sep 17, 2025 • Naomi Alderman

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