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

Barrel of Greenbacks

Letters

Luxury Muzhik

Short Cuts

Glitter and Dazzle

‘I wouldn’t pay it either’

At the Movies

War on the Shia • Zain Samir reports from Lebanon

Big Ag

The Vile and the Louche

Unpleasant Medicine

At the Fondazione Giorgio Cini

A Fit of Trembling

Who’s the adult here?

Two Poems

One-Off Comet

At the NPG

Relatable as a Jellyfish

Polymers are everywhere

Diary