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

The London Magazine’s June/July 2021 edition features John Phipps on Killing Keats and Ged Pope on Elephant and Castle. Alistair Lexden writes on the Shrine that Never Was, and Matthew Scott on Keat’s Scots and Scott’s Keats.

Poetry by Robert Hamberger, Ali Lewis, Chris Emery, Daniel Kramb, Tim Liardet, Kieron Winn, Sue Hubbard, and Daniel Fraser. Short Fiction by Rob Palk, Haleh Agar, Rowena Macdonald, Miranda Gold, and Konrad Muller.

Reviews by Suzi Feay, Sam Mills, Andrew Lambirth, Max de Gaynesford, Sanders Isaac Bernstein, and Justin Doherty.