The London Magazine
Archived since
February/ March 2010
84 issues
Modern Archive
Bi-monthly
The UK's oldest cultural journal featuring the best original poetry, short fiction, cultural reviews and literary essays since 1732.
The London Magazine has been responsible for publishing some of the most significant literature in British history. From Wordsworth, Shelley and Keats to T. S. Eliot, Sylvia Plath, Dylan Thomas and Doris Lessing, today it remains at the forefront with the best contemporary writing. Its writers on art have included John Richardson, Alan Bowness, Edward Lucie-Smith and Mel Gooding and it has featured original work by Graham Sutherland, Prunella Clough, Maggie Hambling and Frank Auerbach.
Latest issue
Cover image by Sandra Blow.
Poetry by Xabier Usabiaga, Holly Pollard, Andrew Kerr, Eric McHenry, Rowland Bagnall, Nina Relijć, Tarn McArthur, Patrick Romero McCafferty, Dominic Leonard, Horatio Morpurgo, Paul Chuks, Matthew Moniz and Carolyn Oliver.
Short fiction by Kasra Lang, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and Alisha Dietzman.
Featuring:
- Tristram Fane Saunders on why magazines fail.
- Zuhri James on the Buddha of Suburbia and the psychogeography of London.
- Zsófia Paulikovics on Perfection, Allegro Pastel and the aesthetic life.
- And Yasmina Snyder explores the links between live music and poetry with writers, poets and musicians.
Reviews:
- Lucy Thynne on Big Kiss, Bye-Bye by Claire-Louise Bennett.
- Sara Ahmad on Good Country People and Other Stories by Flannery O’Connor.
- Hugh Foley on That Broke into Shining Crystals by Richard Scott and Avidyā by Vidyan Ravinthiran.
- Katie Tobin on The Four Spent the Day Together by Chris Kraus.
Cover details: Inside Story, Sandra Blow, 1991-92, 109 x 109cm © Sandra Blow Estate
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- First Issue: February/ March 2010
- Latest Issue: October/November 2025
- Issue Count: 84
- Published: Bi-monthly
- ISSN: 2059-6847
