Fiction | Crete by Cameron StewartFiction, Writing‘So. What do we want today?’ I’m sitting in my local barbers chair, caped up like a clown – my…
Staff Picks – March 2018NewsIntroducing 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 CityInterviews, WritingWe 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 CityNewsWe stopped by to see Isobel Colchester, CEO of Poet in the City, to talk about the work that they…
Interview | Benjamin ZephaniahInterviews, WritingBenjamin 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 GalleryReviews, WritingThe advent of photography had a huge effect on how we see the world. The first photographs, though often posed,…
Novel Writing Competition 2018Competitions, Competitions, NewsThe 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 BarnesReviews, WritingThe 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 DNRCNewsThe Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre (DNRC) today launched an exciting new national poetry competition to mark the 100th anniversary…
Poetry | The Line by Fiona SampsonPoetry, WritingFiona Sampson The Line White trunks divide the dark beside the line and in the dusk trees pause since if…
Fiction | The Arrangement by Jennifer JohnsonFiction, WritingThere’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 AgarEssays, WritingI was told to use my maiden name – Hassan-Yari, a name that usually meant extra questions at the customs…
Short Story Competition 2017 | WinnersCompetitions, NewsThe London Magazine are pleased to announce the winners of our 2017 Short Story Competition. 1st Place – Solitaire by…
Review | Simpson’s TavernNews‘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 RobertsReviews, WritingSons 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 SkidmoreReviews, WritingDick the Bad: History’s Most Famous Murder Suspect Richard III: Brother, Protector, King – by Chris Skidmore Weidenfeld & Nicolson,…
Review | Rainsongs, by Sue HubbardReviews, WritingSue Hubbard’s Rainsongs has a unique and beautiful emotive quality that shines through its delicately constructed prose in a love-letter to…
Interview | Stephen FryInterviews, WritingStephen 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-WoodInterviews, WritingThe 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 | WinnersCompetitions, Competitions, NewsWe are very pleased to announce the winners of our inaugural essay competition: First Place:Â “On Writing Ethnic Stories” by Haleh…
Charles Dibdin – Christmas GambolsReviewsCharles Dibdin (1745-1814) has a strong claim to be Britain’s first pop star. He became famous as a performer in…
Interview | Bruce McLeanInterviews, WritingBruce McLean is a Scottish performance sculptor who has just written A Lawnmower in the Loft – an amusing and…
Poetry Prize 2017 CeremonyCompetitionsOn November 2nd 2017 The London Magazine celebrated the winners of the Poetry Prize 2017 with a drinks reception held…
An Interview with Frieda HughesCompetitions, Competitions, Interviews, News, WritingWe caught up with Frieda Hughes, one of this year’s Poetry Prize 2017 judges. Although this prize has now closed,…
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