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The Best Books of 2024

This year, we asked our 2024 reviewers to select their favourite book of the year. Selections include Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst, Adam by Gboyega Odubanjo and A Question of Palestine by Edward Said, as well as collections of essays on French theory, re-issued aphorisms and photographic monographs.

Seyda Aatika Fatima, 2084, 2022, Acrylic on Linen, 210 x 200 cm

Guide | London in Five: November 2024

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‘Through these dolls, I aim to challenge throwaway culture and the boundaries of traditional art, encouraging a more sustainable and playful approach to creativity.’

What’s on in London this November.

Guide | Folklore Rising by Ben Edge

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‘As I took in these surroundings, I remember feeling a sense of history and all its ages existing side by side, like the whole history of London was happening at once…’

Ben Edge’s folklore-inspired tour of London.

Guide | London in Five: October 2024

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‘What are you doing forever is how he asked me to marry him. It was three weeks into our togetherness though we had been friends for over a year. How do you go on without that sort of love?’

The London Magazine’s guide to five of the capital’s best cultural events and shows this October: art, theatre, literature and more.

Fiction | Medusa of the Roses [Extract] by Navid Sinaki

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‘I squeeze an orange to your mouth. You used to boil them to remove the bitterness from their skin. On a dare, you drank the liquid they left behind, all pith, just to impress me.’

New fiction by Navid Sinaki.

Guide | London Literature Festival at the Southbank Centre

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‘In these turbulent times, the Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival provides an evermore vital space for democratic discussion and we’re proud to offer a fantastic programme to inspire and nourish the next generation of creators and storytellers.’

Guide | You Belong Here at the Southbank Centre

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‘In a society that often looks for scapegoats and with the fires of the culture wars stoked to create division, our programming this summer celebrates difference and creates bridges of understanding through welcoming, wonderful experiences for all to enjoy.’

Fiction | hardened skin by Serena Coady

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‘They were lying in his bed, intertwined, when Sylvi ran her fingers along his chest tattoos, and asked how many he had. In return, he asked for her number. But Sylvi didn’t have any tattoos.’

New fiction by Serena Coady.