The London Magazine
Archived since
February/ March 2010
Modern Archive
89 issues
The UK's oldest cultural journal featuring the best original poetry, short fiction, cultural reviews and literary essays since 1732.
The London Magazine has been responsible for publishing some of the most significant literature in British history. From Wordsworth, Shelley and Keats to T. S. Eliot, Sylvia Plath, Dylan Thomas and Doris Lessing, today it remains at the forefront with the best contemporary writing. Its writers on art have included John Richardson, Alan Bowness, Edward Lucie-Smith and Mel Gooding and it has featured original work by Graham Sutherland, Prunella Clough, Maggie Hambling and Frank Auerbach.
Latest Issue:
August / September 2026
Cover image and photography by Lydia Lange.
Poetry by Wisława Szymborska, Leontia Flynn, Tim Scott, Courtney Conrad, Tom Nutting, Flora Elmi Beagley, Jordan Maly-Preuss, Róisín Leggett Bohan, Satya Bosman, Rachel Curzon, Hugh Dunkerley and Clara-Læïla Laudette.
Short fiction by Elvira Navarro and Beth Preece.
Featuring:
- Alex Niven on the Sycamore Gap and cycles of decline
- Dane Holt on Tony Harrison’s underappreciated prose
- Rosa Appignanesi on missing babies in fiction
Reviews:
- Devki Panchmatia on Triage by Claudia Rankine
- Guy Stagg on Departure(s) by Julian Barnes
- Ian Wang on melodrama and Barbara Stanwyck at the Bologna film festival
- Eleanor Clark on A Thought Without Collision by Adrian Duncan
Cover details: Boyhood, Lydia Lange, August 2025
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