London Review of Books

The London Review of Books is Europe’s leading magazine of culture and ideas. Published twice a month, it provides a space for some of the world’s best writers to explore a wide variety of subjects in exhilarating detail – from art and politics to science and technology via history and philosophy, not to mention fiction and poetry. In the age of the long read, the LRB remains the pre-eminent exponent of the intellectual essay, admired around the world for its fearlessness, its range and its elegance.

London Review of Books

Contributors

Letters

Squillions

Short Cuts

We were doing well when I left

The Clearance of Aoineadh Mòr, 1824

Fighting Monks

At the Movies

I’m not sorry

Mourning the Houseplant

Summons from a Witch

PODCAST

Sword’s Edge

Samurai Suits

Pharaoh in all but name

His Favourite Camel

At Senate House

Another Ilk

Rosarita

Zip him in a bodybag

Diary