Fiction | Lynn by Roland Fischer-Vousden
Roland Fischer-Vousden Lynn …. On some nights there’s a throng of people, especially if it’s a Friday or a Saturday,…
Poetry | Two Poems by Shi Fei (translated by Liang Yujing)
Shi Fei (trans. Liang Yujing) Two Poems … Disaster of Mathematics Ah! why, ye Gods, should two and two make four?…
Poetry | Two Poems by Holly Bars
Holly Bars Two Poems Charged Man Released on Bail The article says she took a knife, yet didn’t intend…
Poetry | A Recipe for Exile by Emily Barker
Emily Barker A Recipe for Exile …. Gilberto Gil is six strings sweet into writing a song that sees The Beatles…
Fiction | Like Brando in the Opening Scene of Last Tango in Paris by Kent Kosack
Kent Kosack Like Brando in the Opening Scene of Last Tango in Paris I’m shuffling along except this isn’t…
Fiction | Pity by Isaac Nowell
Isaac Nowell Pity With my legs dangling down familiarly Over a crater’s edge, I told myself ‘Pity begins at…
Poetry | Grief by Lauren Thomas
Lauren Thomas Grief …… We roll it out between two sticks to try to keep it even, work until it’s…
Review | Expanding Beauty by Erik Martiny
Erik Martiny Expanding Beauty African Biennale of Photography in Bamako, Mali, 8th December 2022 – 8th February 2023. This…
Fiction | Bandito by Michael Peters
Michael Peters Bandito …… I had been looking after Bandito for several weeks when the scammer started calling. Always the…
Review | The British Museum’s ‘Luxury & Power: Persia to Greece’ by Frances Forbes-Carbines
Frances Forbes-Carbines Nothing in excess? Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece at The British Museum, 4th May – 13th August 2023.…
Poetry | Meteor Shower by Rupa Wood
Rupa Wood Meteor Shower we need more time together to be more than lives that nearly touched wishing I was…
Interview | Jérôme Bonnetto talks to Erik Martiny
Erik Martiny Jérôme Bonnetto Jérôme Bonnetto grew up in Nice where he studied maths and then literature. He’s been living…
Fiction | Gleanings by Jack Sheehan
Jack Sheehan Gleanings When the weather is dry I sometimes sleep with the chickens. People will tell you they’re…
Interview | An East African Odyssey to the House of Rust by Samir Jeraj
Samir Jeraj House of Rust Khadija Abdalla Bajaber’s debut novel The House of Rust opens with our heroine Aisha going…
Fiction | Falling Animals by Sheila Armstrong [Extract]
Sheila Armstrong Falling Animals The following extract is taken from ‘Falling Animals’ by Shiela Armstrong. Used with permission of the…
Archive | Tigers are Better-looking by Jean Rhys
Jean Rhys Tigers are Better-looking “MEIN LIEB, MON CHER, MY Dear, Amigo,” the letter began. I’m off. I’ve been wanting…
Archive | Living in London – XII by Shiva Naipaul
Shiva Naipaul Living in London – XII I have had the dubious distinction of having lived in Earls Court twice:…
Interview | Gabi Reigh On Translating Romanian Literature
Andreea Iulia Scridon Gabi Reigh speaks to The London Magazine about translating Romanian literature, the value of ‘literary archaeology’ and…
Archive | Five Angolan Poets (trans. Ann Titterington)
Costa Andrade, Mario Antonio, Antonio Cardosa, Arnaldo Santos, and Agostinho Neto Five Angolan Poets (Trans. Ann Titterington) INTRODUCTION Ann Titterington…
Archive | The Good German by Anton Chekov (trans. Peter Constantine)
Anton Chekov The Good German (Trans. Peter Constantine) Ivan Karlovitch Schwei, the senior foreman at the Funk & Co. steel…
Interview | Geoffrey Marsh on ‘Aladdin Sane: 50 Years’ at The Southbank
Jamie Cameron The London Magazine speaks to Geoffrey Marsh, curator of a new exhibition at the Southbank delving into the…
Fiction | All The Lonely People by Olivia Gallo (trans. Kit Maude)
Olivia Gallo All The Lonely People (trans. Kit Maude) The newspaper says that the city government has hired falcons to…
Fiction | Never Wases Anonymous by Gerard McKeown
Gerard McKeown Never Wases Anonymous ‘Every time I see Justin Bieber’s face on a poster, I want to spit…
Fiction | On the Beach by Elizabeth Brennan
Elizabeth Brennan On The Beach … The rocks are chewed-up bits of giant chewing gum, the sand around them satin-like…