The London Magazine

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.

Poetry by TLM Poetry Prize 2025 Winners: Kevin Graham, Dean Browne and Batool Abu Akleen, as well as Michaela Coplen, Mai Serhan, Edward Limb, Serena Alagappan, Victoria Spires, Luke Dunne and Mark Fiddes.

Short fiction by Carlos Paguada, Harriet Armstrong and Michael Amherst.

David Collard on the horrors of ‘Poet Voice’.

Arjuna Keshvani-Ham in conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyên. 

Connor Harrison on the directionless optimism of ‘Orbital’. 

Francesca Wade on Gertrude Stein.

Joseph Williams on Homework by Geoff Dyer.

Madeline Cash on Happiness and Love by Zoe Dubno.

Andrew Lambirth on Leonard McComb.

Patrick Cash on Open, Heaven by Seán Hewitt. 

Cover: Opera House, Jack McGarrity, 2022, Oil on linen, 70 x 50cm