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 April/May 2021 edition features Caleb Azumah Nelson on Moments of Freedom, Maya C. Popa on Making Room for Wonder, Brenda Navarro on What Makes a Home, Jakuta Alikavazovic on Forgetting, Katharina Volckmer on My London, Jeffrey Meyers on Ernest Hemingway, Hugo Williams on Mordaunt Shairp and Tony Roberts on W.S. Graham.

Poetry by Jen Hadfield, Charlie Baylis, Jessica Traynor, Rachel Spence, Shannon Kuta Kelly, Tim Craven, Abdellatif Laâbi, Kate Wise, Kimberly Campanello, Will Stone, Peter Robinson and Dafydd ap Gwilym. Short Fiction by Chris Power, Clare Fisher, Ali Lewis, Elsa Court and Aoife Inman.

Reviews by Lamorna Ash, Stephanie Sy-Quia, Andrew Lambirth, Madeleine Feeny and Horatio Morpurgo.