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The London Magazine @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

'We pay a price when poetic discourse equals just the quotable phrase. Real feeling resists received wisdom, however well tuned.' @jackbarron93.bsky.social reviews Seamus Heaney's collected poems and letters: thelondonmagazine.org/article/revi...

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Review | Famous Heaney by Jack Barron - The London Magazine

Jack Barron reviews Seamus Heaney's collected poems and letters, unveiling a 'memorable' poet who was 'sacrificing true risk for renown'.

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The London Magazine @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

And: Jack Barron on the poems and letters of Seamus Heaney (@faberbooks.bsky.social). David McAllister on The Complete C Comics by Joe Brainard. Paul Hammond on The Land of Sweet Forever by Harper Lee. Guy Stagg on The Silver Book by Olivia Laing. Order here: thelondonmagazine.org/product/curr...

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Literary Review @litreview.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Out now! Literary Review's September 2025 issue, featuring @willtosh.bsky.social on Christopher Marlowe @claireharman.bsky.social on Muriel Spark Seamus Perry on Tennyson Lucy Hughes-Hallett on the stiff upper lip Patrick Wilcken on Easter Island and much, much more: literaryreview.co.uk

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Literary Review - For People Who Devour Books

In the Current Issue: Will Tosh on Christopher Marlowe * John Banville on Christopher Clarke * Claire Harman on Muriel Spark * Seamus Perry on Tennyson * Lucy Hughes-Hallett on the stiff upper lip * L...

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The London Magazine @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Reviews: Guy Stagg on Flesh by David Szalay; @jackbarron93.bsky.social on Electric Dreams at Tate Modern; Zadie Loft on Universality by Natasha Brown; Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou on Ithell Colquhoun. Order here: thelondonmagazine.org/product/curr...

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The London Magazine @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

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Review 31 @review31.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

"Childishness & adult language-use are persistently, & with vicious irony, switching scales: ‘pointing it up while scaling it down.’ This can induce wild laughter, but also unbearable gravity." @jackbarron93.bsky.social on the poetry of J.H. Prynne review31.co.uk/essay/view/1...

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All Jokes Aside

Review 31 is an online literary review.

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Review 31 @review31.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

And lo: here we are, on Bluesky. Pls repost to spread the word!

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Jack Barron @jackbarron93.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

my review of Ian Patterson's Collected in the latest @pnreview.bsky.social very pleased to be included

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PN Review @pnreview.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

From Michael Schmidt's editorial in PN Review 281, our January - February 2025 issue. Read the full article on the Carcanet Substack at the link below. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/carcanet/p/pn…

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The London Magazine @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Alongside this list, we’ve made all the reviews from this year’s print issues available to read for free on our website. These are linked to the contributor’s name under their Book of the Year selection, and you can find them here: thelondonmagazine.org/the-best-boo...

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The Best Books of 2024 - The London Magazine

Fiction, history, photography and essays: here is the list of TLM's Best Books of 2024, as chosen by our contributors.

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The London Magazine @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

We are excited to announce The London Magazine’s Best Books of 2024, as chosen by twenty-one of our contributors. Selections include Our Evening by Alan Hollinghurst, Adam by Gboyega Odubanjo and A Question of Palestine by Edward Said. Read the full list here: thelondonmagazine.org/the-best-boo...

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The Best Books of 2024 - The London Magazine

Fiction, history, photography and essays: here is the list of TLM's Best Books of 2024, as chosen by our contributors.

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