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Cover of the December / January 2026 issue of The London Magazine, now available for pre-order.

Current 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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Cover of the December / January 2025 issue of The London Magazine

Past Issues

Enjoy copies from our catalogue dating back to 2010 using the drop-down menu below. You can read samples from each issue on our online archive.

For issues prior to February/March 2010, contact us at the following email address: info@thelondonmagazine.org. We regularly post pieces from our extensive archive on the website.

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Tote Bags

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Featuring bespoke illustrations of W.H. Auden, Philip Larkin, T.S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, Thomas Hardy, George Orwell, and Jean Rhys by our resident cartoonist, Dan Sperrin.

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The London Magazine tote bag with the December / January 2026 issue

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The latest issue includes the three winning stories from this year’s Short Story Prize, as well as an essay by Caleb Klaces on dementia and fiction and a major review by Jack Barron of the Poems and Letters of Seamus Heaney.

The London Magazine tote bag features illustrations of W.H. Auden, Philip Larkin, T.S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, Thomas Hardy, George Orwell and Jean Rhys, drawn by our resident cartoonist, Dan Sperrin.

Badges

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Minimalist gold ginkgo leaf design against a black background. 20mm matte stainless steel pin, gold butterfly clutch.

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