The London Magazine
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A review of literature and the arts, established in 1732 and published bi-monthly.
The London Magazine Short Story Prize 2025 is now open! We are delighted to announce that @GurnaikJohal, Ben Pester and CAA’s Erika Price will be this year’s judges for the prize. Enter here: thelondonmagazine.org/short-story-pr…
Featuring: @RobDoyle1 on Islamic mysticism in Andalusia. @HarteAidan on sculpting Gerry Adams. Konrad Muller on Miguel Torga and ‘the natural drama of vintage’. Pre-order here: thelondonmagazine.org/product/pre-or…
Featuring: @RobDoyle1 on Islamic mysticism in Andalusia. @HarteAidan on sculpting Gerry Adams. Konrad Muller on Miguel Torga and ‘the natural drama of vintage’. Pre-order here: thelondonmagazine.org/product/pre-or…
'Sign / Signal', a poem by Serena Alagappan from our June / July 2025 issue.
'The toothless, gentle, atheist-but-spiritual style of a book like Orbital falls into the popular bracket of wellbeing literature. It is already a difficult and confusing world, it says. Why should your reading be difficult also?' @HarrysunSee on Orbital: thelondonmagazine.org/article/essay-…
'Charming and funny, warm and inquisitive, Dyer provides a page-turner that entertains you just long enough to forget the sad fact of it all, that even camera-less pictures warp and fade.' @lifeisnotanovel reviews Geoff Dyer's new memoir, Homework: thelondonmagazine.org/article/review…
'Dieu Nous Donne Bonne Adventure', a poem by Victoria Spires from our June / July 2025 issue. thelondonmagazine.org/subscription/
My review-essay on Geoff Dyer’s Homework from the June/July issue of @TheLondonMag is now online, with reference to Raymond Williams, Roland Barthes, Keats, Thelonious Monk, Where Eagles Dare, etc. Some are calling it ‘subtly authoritative’. Read it here: thelondonmagazine.org/article/review…
Our next @Bruneluni publishing webinar is Thurs 10th - Submitting your Work to Literary Journals with Lisa McInerney from @stingingfly, @_josiemitchell from @GrantaMag and Jamie Cameron from @TheLondonMag - please register here to join us: eventbrite.com/e/submitting-t…
'Unfinished', a poem by Edward Limb from our June / July 2025 issue. Subscribe for more like this: thelondonmagazine.org/subscription/
I began musing on 7/7 in the British-Muslim experience after reading Staying Mute, @Saaraaatweet's terrific essay for @TheLondonMag about a Muslim survivor of the bombings, but also--via Primo Levi--about the way trauma is processed, consumed and narrated thelondonmagazine.org/article/essay-…
'The success of Oasis is that they have selected an image. That they have been aided by a culture which celebrates men behaving badly and football as an art form is without doubt.' From 1997, Archie Cotterell reviews 'the phenomenon of Oasis': thelondonmagazine.org/archive-oasis-…
On Thurs 10th, we have our 3rd @Bruneluni publishing webinar: find out everything there is to know about submitting your work to literary journals. Join us to hear from Lisa McInerney from @stingingfly, @SansyG from Wasafari and Jamie Cameron from @TheLondonMag. Register here⬇️
'Gunpowder' by @AbuAkleen was awarded third place in The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2025 and published in our June / July issue.
ICYMI, we had @GurnaikJohal on the podcast this month to talk about maximalist fiction and his debut novel, Saraswati (@serpentstail). Listen to the full episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/4Wd3Zb…