The London Magazine

Archived since February/ March 2010

85 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

December / January 2026

Cover image by Tom Johnson.

Poetry by Leire Bilbao, Nasim Luczaj, Will Brewer, Rachel Curzon, Daniel Addercouth, Dan O’Brien, Simon Maddrell, Jeremy Wikeley, Victoria Moul, Laura Scott and Joshua Blackman.

Short fiction by TLM Short Story Prize 2025 winners: Renesha Dhanraj, Jordan Hayward and Jonathan Edwards.

Featuring:

Magnus Rena on writing as torture.
Caleb Klaces on dementia and fiction.
And Dane Holt on Mr Olympia 2025.

Reviews:

Jack Barron on the poems and letters of Seamus Heaney.
David McAllister on The Complete C Comics by Joe Brainard.
Paul Hammond on The Land of Sweet Forever by Harper Lee.
Guy Stagg on The Silver Book by Olivia Laing.

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