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Britain's leading monthly literary magazine. For people who devour books. Get our free newsletter: https://t.co/AM8RecickS
The heart of Soho, London
Joined June 2011
Out now! Literary Review's February 2025 issue, featuring Ritchie Robertson on W G Sebald @francisbeckett on miners @nclarke14 on the colour pink @TheoZenou on the Pope Michael Burleigh on Huawei and much, much more:
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'I wonder if any screen adaptation will be able to convey the hidden treasure within this thoughtful story' –@claire_harman on Miss Austen Our review of @GillHornby's novel, recently adapted for television by the BBC, is now free to read
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RT @zoeguttenplan: I wrote about a woman in her 20s struggling through a graduate dissertation on Virginia Woolf, bogged down by Theory. Al…
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RT @ellafox_m: wrote a little about Eimear McBride’s new novel for @Lit_Review, which is predictably excellent
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RT @pratinavanil: On Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam in British India - for the @Lit_Review I enjoyed @UnamPillai’s breezy, confident s…
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RT @BijanOmrani: My article in this month's @Lit_Review about two new books on Mesopotamia by Selena Wisnom @lswisnom and Moudhy Al-Rashid…
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RT @EdwardWilsonLee: Delighted by this review from @alexander_c_lee in @Lit_Review, and his excellent insights about the challenge set by P…
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Two great bags for your books. Our Literary Review tote bags feature an illustration of our beloved, book-filled office on Lexington Street. Only £10 (lightweight) or £15 (sturdy) at our online shop
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RT @johnhaffenden: RIP one of the great novelists of our time. Interview: David Lodge by John Haffenden via @Lit_Re…
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For much of the 19th and 20th centuries, Oman was a deeply anachronistic place: an outpost in Britain’s informal empire where radio was non-existent and news was communicated via placard. Barnaby Crowcroft asks how Oman resisted modernity for so long.
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Are the roots of Putin’s belligerence to be found in the novels of Dostoevsky? Rowan Williams examines the question.
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Considering the orderliness of his paintings, Piet Mondrian lived a surprisingly disordered life. He existed largely hand to mouth. His great passion was dancing. @StephenSmithWDS assesses how Mondrian came to be seen as the high priest of modernism.
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Give the gift that lasts all year with a subscription to Literary Review. Save up to 35% on the cover price when you visit us at and enter the code 'XMAS24'
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Historical architecture is more or less easy to preserve. Not so interiors. Thomas Blaikie appraises which vanished interiors we should mourn and which not.
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Though a recluse for much of her life, Emily Dickinson kept up a vigorous correspondence with a wide range of family, friends and literary figures. @claire_harman considers how Dickinson’s letters shaped her poetry.
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Greed, lust, gluttony... Deadly sins, to be sure, but also the secret to prosperity? @HowardJDavies wonders what Keir Starmer might learn from Bernard Mandeville's dangerous idea
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Out now! Literary Review's December 2024/January 2025 issue, featuring @HowardJDavies on Bernard Mandeville @claire_harman on Emily Dickinson Stephen Smith on Piet Mondrian Colin Jones at the Louvre @TWHodgkinson on Hollywood flops and much, much more:
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Richard Flanagan's Question 7 is this year's winner of the @BGPrize. In her review from our June issue, @rosalyster delves into Tasmania, nuclear physics, romance and Chekhov.
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