‘But that’s often how art works. It’s intuitive. It’s murky. You’re creeping along in the dark until you’re not.’
Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou speaks to Danielle Dutton about her latest collection, Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other.
News | Dominic Leonard wins The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2024
On the winning entries, the judges say: ‘We were all drawn to particular poems, and enjoyed discussing them a great deal but our winner, ‘The End’, was a unanimous one.’
Review | Anthony Oliveira’s Queer Retelling of the Bible by Esmee Wright
‘To the enigmatic prose of the Bible, Oliveira layers meaning upon those ruins, not to move the story on, but to give voice to the unspoken fear.’
Esmee Wright reviews Anthony Oliveira’s Dayspring.
Review | Absence by Nicola Healey
‘It is a book that engages thought and ideas more than feeling; this is poetry as extreme metaphysical sport.’
Nicola Healey reviews Ali Lewis’s Absence.
Fiction | Moving Out by Leanne Brown
‘Standing my ground is never a small step to take, it is usually shadowed by consequences.’
New fiction by Leanne Brown.
Interview | Between Fiction and Reality with Amélie Cordonnier by Erik Martiny
‘On social media, Twitter and text messages, I do try to couch my messages in eloquent, pithy words though. It seems important to me.’
Erik Martiny talks to Amélie Cordonnier.
Poetry | Temporary Shores by Holly Pollard
‘And again – I arrive to set out my fears, / to still rot in watery luck.’
New poetry by Holly Pollard.
Review | Biba: A Legacy Lost and Found by Deborah Nash
‘As our high streets struggle to survive changing shopping habits, brought by the pandemic, the rising cost of living and online purchasing, perhaps we need to revisit Biba’s spirit of playfulness, optimism and laughter – an opportunity unfortunately missed by this show.’
Deborah Nash on The Biba Story at The Fashion and Textile Museum.
Interview | Phoebe Stuckes on her chilling debut, Dead Animals
‘Our world is quite self-validating at the moment, and not always for the right reasons.’
We spoke to Phoebe Stuckes about her debut novel, Dead Animals, out today.
Interview | Can Sun’s Playful yet Profound Sculptural Universe
‘I hope my works, whether they are playful or cruel, can more or less point towards the ultimate proposition — absurdity.’
We spoke to Can Sun about his forthcoming show, Brusies, at Mandy Zhang Art.
Review | The Spirit of the Times by Patrick Cash
‘A very physical and evocative portrayal of the town is built, even if a more beautiful story perhaps hides in its shadows.’
Patrick Cash reviews Pity and The Night Alphabet.
Essay | The Secret Earth by Charlotte Stroud
‘It is for this reason that I never go to my field at this time of day but wait instead until I can be alone. Only then, in my experience, will it show me a secret.’
Charlotte Stroud on the secrets of the countryside.
Review | Capote and the Treachery of the Decade by Hallam Bullock
‘As with all tortured artists, we are often more comfortable recoiling at their wounds than considering them.’
Hallam Bullock on Answered Prayers and Capote’s Women.
Current Issue
Poetry by Rachel Bower, George Murray, Niall Campbell, Matthew Francis, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Mary Noonan, Ivars Šteinbergs, Will Pittam, John Kinsella, Hugh Dunkerley, Gabrielle Tse, Venessa Lampert, Pip Osmund- Williams and Sasja Janssen Short Fiction by Sheila Armstrong, Ed Cottrell, Richie Jones and Kieran Wyatt Featuring: Charlotte Stroud on The Secrets of the Countryside Amy K Grandvoinet on de Chirico’s…
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Interview | Stitches, Stems and Pockets in the Sublime Work of Danielle Dutton by Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou
‘But that’s often how art works. It’s intuitive. It’s murky. You’re creeping along in the dark until you’re not.’
Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou speaks to Danielle Dutton about her latest collection, Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other.
News | Dominic Leonard wins The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2024
On the winning entries, the judges say: ‘We were all drawn to particular poems, and enjoyed discussing them a great deal but our winner, ‘The End’, was a unanimous one.’
Review | Anthony Oliveira’s Queer Retelling of the Bible by Esmee Wright
‘To the enigmatic prose of the Bible, Oliveira layers meaning upon those ruins, not to move the story on, but to give voice to the unspoken fear.’
Esmee Wright reviews Anthony Oliveira’s Dayspring.
Archive
The London Magazine has a publication history spanning almost three hundred years, and has featured work by some of the most prominent names in literature, from John Keats to Hilary Mantel. In this curated selection, we share our favourite pieces from the TLM archive.
Archive | Two Poems by Sylvia Plath
‘Inscrutable, / Below shoulders not once / Seen by any man who kept his head, / You defy questions / You defy other godhood.’
Poetry by Sylvia Plath.
Archive | Four Conversations: Philip Larkin by Ian Hamilton
‘Kipling said somewhere that when you can do one thing really well, then do something else. Oscar Wilde said that only mediocrities develop. I just don’t know. I don’t think I want to change: just to become better at what I am.’
Ian Hamilton talks to Philip Larkin.
Archive | Alice by W. G. Shepherd
‘Elsie, who is a medium, clairvoyant and faith-healer, / Believes that my mother came to me / From the other side and used a spiritual force / To keep me warm.’
Poetry by W. G. Shepherd.
Archive | The Who by Angela Carter
Angela Carter The Who From the archive, the following review of rock band The Who by Angela Carter was…
Fiction | Cathedral by Raymond Carver
Raymond Carver Cathedral . . This blind man, an old friend of my wife’s, he was on his way to…
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