My Martin Amis LIVE - Sunday 23 March, 2025
On Sunday 23 March 2025, listeners of the podcast gathered in Central London to watch a live Amisathon, featuring 8 panellists and the show's host.The panel included former guests as well as a couple ...
5 Apr 20251h 41min
"I should've gone to lunch with Martin Amis, because by that point I loved him." Carol Morley
Martin Amis's 1997 novel Night Train followed a trifecta of bestsellers: Money, London Fields and The Information. Written as a dark parody of the noir genre, Night Train follows female detective Mike...
24 Jan 20251h 4min
"He opened the door, holding three darts. Amis was quite mischievous." Anthony Quinn
English novelist Anthony Quinn has met and interviewed Martin Amis on several occasions. Their first encounter followed the publication of London Fields in 1989, the second during the publicity storm ...
2 Dec 202452min
"Martin Amis makes you alive to the possibilities of prose." David Patrikarakos
British author, journalist and war correspondent David Patrikarakos was due to leave the UK for Athens in the summer of 2024. Before he left, he discovered My Martin Amis, and quickly got in touch to ...
13 Sep 202443min
"Amis's prose is sparkling, relatable, aspirational, and authentic." Simon Parkin
On this episode, British journalist, author and video game critic for The Observer Simon Parkin reaches into the more obscure corners of Amis's bibliography to dissect a dazzling collection of arcade ...
20 Aug 202444min
"Amis is one of the best writers of dialogue." John Niven
John Niven is a Scottish author and screenwriter whose books include Kill Your Friends, The Amateurs, The Second Coming. The F*ck-it List, and O Brother.John discusses his favourite of Amis's novel, T...
30 Juni 202444min
"When he died, I was distraught. Only Amis could have that effect on me." Will Lloyd
Reporter for The Sunday Times Will Lloyd sits down with Jack Aldane on this ninth episode to discuss The Second Plane, a collection of twelve pieces of nonfiction and two short stories by Amis publish...
21 Maj 202449min
"Reading Money was like hearing The Clash for the first time." Graham Caveney
Journalist and memoirist Graham Caveney speaks to Jack Aldane on this eighth episode of the series about Martin Amis's iconoclastic fifth novel Money: A Suicide Note.He and the host discuss the novel'...
25 Mars 202444min
