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April – May 2013

Edward Lucie-Smith writing on YBA, a Carol Bergman short story, poetry by Mimi Khalvati and Shirin Razavian, Marina Vaizey on Manet and Picasso and much more...

In the Current Issue

A British Original

Edward Lucie-Smith

Edward Lucie-Smith discusses the work of one Young British Artist, Outsider artist Joe Machine.

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The Last Organ Maker of Bethnal Green

Michael Binyon

An essay on the mastery of the Mander Workshop who have built the organ for the Queen's 60th anniversary to be placed in Westminster Abbey later this year.

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Spark: A Landscape of Letters and Life

Robert Hosmer

An essay exploring the letters and life of Muriel Spark using her archives.

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TLM Blog

PAGES, by Heather Wells, Production Manager

… is a newly-launched online book retailer that encourages and inspires independent thought. They offer a very selective choice of books by independent and self-publishers, not ...

‘These Shining Lives’ at Park Theatre: A Review

The little red card which revealed my seat number beneath the ‘Park Theatre’ logo, led me into the intimate space which was the crux of ...

The Man Who Died Twice by Alexandra Maher

A fan-fiction crossover piece combining Julian Fellowes’ Downton Abbey and Agatha Christie’s Poirot. Set in the Christmas of 1920, as the episode preceding the most ...

Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition Preview and Ceremony by Heather Wells, Production Manager

I arrive at Somerset House in the blistering sunshine, passing the Courtauld Gallery currently exhibiting Picasso’s early paintings and arrive at the West Wing Galleries ...