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.
Inside this issue, exclusive work from:
Edward Lucie-Smith – writing on Pakistani-born artist, Jamil Naqsh
Michael Horovitz – Poet and Jazz musician writes an essay on seven decades of London Bohemia
Tom Sutcliffe – on the evolving landscape of British Theatre and Opera
Featured in this issue:
Fiction
Short story ‘Candles for Corinne’ by Suzi Feay
Poetry
by William Bedford, Helen Dunmore, Grey Gowrie, Philip Gross, Frank Lennox-Millard, Tony Roberts and George Tardios
Essays
Michael Horovitz London Bohemia
Edward Lucie-Smith Jamil Naqsh
Jeffrey Meyers Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day
Horatio Morpurgo Europe
Daniel O’Byrne Grand Speeches
Tom Sutcliffe British Theatre and Opera
Eva Tucker Dorothy Richardson
Reviews
Houman Barekat Holland House
Michael Base Antony Gormley: White Cube
David Cooke Three Poets
Malcolm Forbes The Infatuations
Eamonn Gearon Return of the King
Jason Harding Tarantula’s Web: John Hayward
Hal Swindall Roland Barthes’s China Tour
Tom Sykes A Month by the Sea