Fiction | Crete by Cameron Stewart
‘So. What do we want today?’ I’m sitting in my local barbers chair, caped up like a clown – my…
Staff Picks – March 2018
Introducing Staff Picks! Recommendations for the very best in arts, culture and literature from the staff at The London Magazine.…
Interview | Isobel Colchester and Poet in the City
We spoke to Isobel Colchester, CEO of Poet in the City, about their work and their recent collaboration with The…
Interview | Isobel Colchester and Poet in the City
We stopped by to see Isobel Colchester, CEO of Poet in the City, to talk about the work that they…
Interview | Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah talks to us about his new book, Gangsta Rap, released as an Official World Book Day Book. How would you…
Review | Andreas Gursky at Hayward Gallery
The advent of photography had a huge effect on how we see the world. The first photographs, though often posed,…
Novel Writing Competition 2018
The London Magazine are proud to announce our inaugural Novel Writing Competition, in collaboration with Author Enterprises. As the oldest…
Review | The Only Story by Julian Barnes
The Only Story by Julian Barnes Readers who were a little disappointed by Barnes’s last political fiction The Noise of…
Editor Steven O’Brien to judge national competition, “A Poem to Remember”, for DNRC
The Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre (DNRC) today launched an exciting new national poetry competition to mark the 100th anniversary…
Poetry | The Line by Fiona Sampson
Fiona Sampson The Line White trunks divide the dark beside the line and in the dusk trees pause since if…
Fiction | The Arrangement by Jennifer Johnson
There’s someone in the kitchen. I hear the kettle being filled. I look at the clock, it’s not yet seven,…
Essay | On Writing Ethnic Stories by Haleh Agar
I was told to use my maiden name – Hassan-Yari, a name that usually meant extra questions at the customs…
Short Story Competition 2017 | Winners
The London Magazine are pleased to announce the winners of our 2017 Short Story Competition. 1st Place – Solitaire by…
Review | Simpson’s Tavern
‘Do you want a sausage with that?’ So chipped the waiter. He was splay–bearded, like a sergeant major in the…
Review | Sons and Lovers: The Biography of a Novel by Neil Roberts
Sons and Lovers: The Biography of a Novel Neil Roberts, Clemson University Press As the subtitle to this literary…
Review | Richard III: Brother, Protector, King by Chris Skidmore
Dick the Bad: History’s Most Famous Murder Suspect Richard III: Brother, Protector, King – by Chris Skidmore Weidenfeld & Nicolson,…
Review | Rainsongs, by Sue Hubbard
Sue Hubbard’s Rainsongs has a unique and beautiful emotive quality that shines through its delicately constructed prose in a love-letter to…
Interview | Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry is a broadcaster, actor and writer who has just written Mythos, an elegant and entertaining retelling of the…
Friends of TLM | An Interview with Rachel Hurd-Wood
The first in our new interview series – Friends of The London Magazine Rachel Hurd-Wood is an actress and writer…
The London Magazine Essay Competition 2017 | Winners
We are very pleased to announce the winners of our inaugural essay competition: First Place:Â “On Writing Ethnic Stories” by Haleh…
Charles Dibdin – Christmas Gambols
Charles Dibdin (1745-1814) has a strong claim to be Britain’s first pop star. He became famous as a performer in…
Interview | Bruce McLean
Bruce McLean is a Scottish performance sculptor who has just written A Lawnmower in the Loft – an amusing and…
Poetry Prize 2017 Ceremony
On November 2nd 2017 The London Magazine celebrated the winners of the Poetry Prize 2017 with a drinks reception held…
An Interview with Frieda Hughes
We caught up with Frieda Hughes, one of this year’s Poetry Prize 2017 judges. Although this prize has now closed,…
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