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Our February / March 2026 issue is out now! Cover image by Zyrko, cartoon by Dan Sperrin. Order here: thelondonmagazine.org/product/curren…

'I lean on the Clive James idea that a poem is the only art form where you can order a coffee, and even before the drink has gone cold, you could have written something that will still be read in 500 years’ time.' – Rishi Dastidar Read the interview here: thelondonmagazine.org/interview-rish…

‘Graffito’, a poem by Zachary Bos, from our February / March issue. For more poetry like this, order the latest issue here: thelondonmagazine.org/product/curren…

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‘Late February’, a poem by Rory Attwood from our February / March issue. There's only one day left to enter this year's Poetry Prize to be in with a chance of winning cash prizes of up to £1,000 and publication in the magazine: thelondonmagazine.org/the-london-mag…

‘Western Thought’, a poem by Claudine Toutoungi from our February / March issue. For more poetry like this, you can order a copy of our latest issue, currently on sale for only £7.95: thelondonmagazine.org/product/curren…

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There's only one week to go before submissions close for this year’s Poetry Prize. Entry link and further details here: thelondonmagazine.org/the-london-mag…

'Someone who can’t read a book cannot deliberate, cannot think and cannot conceptualise, and therefore is a threat. That’s where fascism gets going.' An interview with @wself. Read it here: thelondonmagazine.org/interview-will…

'there were war criminals around. that was / in the air. in our ice cubes. it made you feel like a decent guy.' New poetry by @calhounpoems: thelondonmagazine.org/poetry-monrovi…

'All those who disappeared had to come back. Or at least, they had to announce their intention to disappear before they disappeared. Otherwise, how would anybody know?' 'The Overpass' by Jiaqi Kang, runner up in the @BrickLaneBooks Short Story Prize: thelondonmagazine.org/fiction-the-ov…

The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2026 is NOW OPEN! The winning poems will be published in future issues of The London Magazine. There will also be an award ceremony held in London for the winners. @IsabelleBaafi @LukeKennard Further details here: thelondonmagazine.org/the-london-mag…

'And when // they upped your dose of anaesthetic, from lucid haze to euthanasia, / it was almost a mercy.' New poetry by Jasmine Gibbs: thelondonmagazine.org/poetry-dear-do…

'Nhất Linh was found slumped in his chair, a half-empty wine bottle on his desk. By the bottle lay a wide-open copy of Wuthering Heights – not his translation, but the original. The family rushed him to the hospital.' Read Nguyễn Bình's essay here: thelondonmagazine.org/essay-the-wind…

'Britain never tried to colonise Hawai‘i. The statement requires some qualification.' Alex Wong reviews Hawai‘i: A Kingdom Crossing Oceans at the @britishmuseum: thelondonmagazine.org/review-hawaii-…

One month to go before submissions close for this year’s Poetry Prize. Submit by midnight on Friday 13th March. Entry link and further details here: thelondonmagazine.org/the-london-mag…

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'As a critic, Brandon Taylor knows himself, and his arguments are bolstered by his certainty. This is a virtue in a reviewer, but it can make for a tedious novelist.' In the new issue, @lifeisnotanovel reviews Minor Black Figures: thelondonmagazine.org/article/review…

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'As a young man, he’d sworn he’d never buy a girl a ring; he’d sworn he wouldn’t do many things he had subsequently done; he imagined he would eventually do the few that remained.' From the February / March issue, short fiction by @a_nathanwest: thelondonmagazine.org/article/fictio…

'There’s a certain kind of force that’s required to set off a novel, a tension that’s been built before the start of the book.' Larissa Pham on fiction writing and flying: thelondonmagazine.org/essay-liftoff-…