The London Magazine, Dec/Jan 2026
150 x 215 mm, 98 pages
London, UK
Six times a year since 1954
Editor: Steven O’Brien
A succession of six publications have held the title The London Magazine dating back to 1732, making it England's oldest literary periodical. Originally founded to rival the Gentleman's Magazine, its pages have boasted the likes of Keats, Shelley, T.S. Elliot et al along the way.
Its current iteration—‘eclectic in taste, promiscuously interested and unapologetically intelligent’—publishes the best writing from London and beyond, split into fiction, poetry, essays and reviews.
This issue includes poetry by Leire Bilbao, Nasim Luczaj, Will Brewer, Rachel Curzon, Daniel Addercouth, Dan O’Brien, Simon Maddrell, Jeremy Wikeley, Victoria Moul, Laura Scott and Joshua Blackman.
Short fiction by TLM Short Story Prize 2025 winners: Renesha Dhanraj, Jordan Hayward and Jonathan Edwards.
Plus: Magnus Rena on writing as torture, Caleb Klaces on dementia and fiction, and Dane Holt on Mr Olympia 2025.
Cover by Tom Johnson