At Aya Sofia by Edward Lucie-Smith
[January 2002] Today it’s snowing, snowing In Istanbul, Stamboul, Constantinople, New Rome, Byzantium. The city has mislaid its Jews And…
Gay Taylor. ‘A Prison, A Paradise’ by Elisabeth Russell Taylor
I cannot account for what it was that induced me to stop at a stall in the Farringdon Road and…
Phantom-Erotica by Vanessa Austin Locke
Erotica has enjoyed a lusty renaissance over the past twenty-four months. Or so we’re told. Ever since that book turned…
The Man Who Unravelled Solitude by Manash Bhattacharjee
Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a beautiful name. It resonates with such a feeling more so because the name immediately reminds…
An interview with the editor of The London Magazine, Steven O’Brien
The London Magazine interviews Steven O’Brien, editor of The London Magazine ahead of their first general poetry competition. The…
A Glamorous Life by Karl Manders
IN THE SUMMER, while their shells are still a pale colour, you may eat the white kernels of unripe hazel…
A Discrete Disclosure by Desmond King
Frank’s Englishness was all about him for he dressed in country wear: tweed sports jackets, check shirts, Burberry rain macs,…
The London Magazine Short Story 2013 Winners Announcement
The London Magazine is delighted to announce the winners of our 2013 Short Story Competition! The winners are: 1st…
Smoothly from Harrow, but a Bit Late by Chris Moss
Chris Moss traces the literary journey of the commuter and celebrates his arrival as a 21st century Everyman “Man is…
The London Magazine Short Story Competition Shortlist
Thank you to everyone who entered The London Magazine’s Short Story Competition. The entries have been fantastic and we are…
Poems on the Underground
If for some reason you ever find yourself playing ‘Tube Bingo’ there a few things that you are guaranteed to…
The Teacher by Manash Bhattacharjee
To Upal Deb He wasn’t a blackboard Framing flightless birds Not a classroom figure Offering the curriculum To rows of…
Madonna and Child by Hugh Dunkerley
Don’t believe the lies: Joseph was a randy little sod. That’s why we had to leave, go back to Bethlehem…
Snowbound by Michael O’Neill
Snowbound Carriages lit and still between the drifts … With each flake it took on a new form, the city…
Easter Island by Fiona Brenninkmaker
Charting the evolution of Easter Island wooden carvings from spiritual receptacle to auction treasure. Allow me to take you on…
India/Underwater by Laurence Kilpatrick
In light of her involvement with the feminist collective Worldwidewomen and their exhibition ‘A Wanderer’s Eyes’ in September last year,…
The Soviet Prom by Neil Herrington
Wednesday, 21 August 1968 The moment you and Slava enter the dining room, he throws himself on the…
October by Lydia Towsey
October Pizza bruschetta gold dress Rioja Autumn is here and Winter forgotten Walking through town arm in arm with a…
Ibsen – by Stephen Unwin
Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906): the great dramatist of the modern world Henrik Ibsen has been much misrepresented, especially in Britain. His…
Child of Vengeance by David Kirk
Excerpt from Chapter One The battle was over, but still Kazuteru ran. He had duty to fulfil. The young samurai…
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