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Announcing the second of this year’s 𝘓𝘙𝘉 Winter Lectures: @adamshatz.bsky.social, Another Country - Friday 16 January at Conway Hall, London.
In-person and livestream tickets available here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lrb-winter...
In-person and livestream tickets available here:
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November 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Announcing the second of this year’s 𝘓𝘙𝘉 Winter Lectures: @adamshatz.bsky.social, Another Country - Friday 16 January at Conway Hall, London.
In-person and livestream tickets available here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lrb-winter...
In-person and livestream tickets available here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lrb-winter...
TONIGHT! Our LRB Screen series continues its exploration of visions of London created by non-British filmmakers with a screening of 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘯 (1980).
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
November 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
TONIGHT! Our LRB Screen series continues its exploration of visions of London created by non-British filmmakers with a screening of 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘯 (1980).
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
On Monday, our LRB Screen series continues its exploration of visions of London created by non-British filmmakers with a screening of 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘯 (1980).
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
November 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
On Monday, our LRB Screen series continues its exploration of visions of London created by non-British filmmakers with a screening of 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘯 (1980).
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
Next Monday, our LRB Screen series continues its exploration of visions of London created by non-British filmmakers with a screening of 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘯 (1980).
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
October 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Next Monday, our LRB Screen series continues its exploration of visions of London created by non-British filmmakers with a screening of 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘯 (1980).
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
Issue 47.20 is now online, featuring:
James Lasdun on what makes a serial killer
Alexander Clapp on scam gangs
Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite on Liverpool
Rosemary Hill on Martin Parr’s photographs
Tony Wood on the Latin American right
and Leo Robson on cinema-going.
Read at www.lrb.co.uk
James Lasdun on what makes a serial killer
Alexander Clapp on scam gangs
Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite on Liverpool
Rosemary Hill on Martin Parr’s photographs
Tony Wood on the Latin American right
and Leo Robson on cinema-going.
Read at www.lrb.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Issue 47.20 is now online, featuring:
James Lasdun on what makes a serial killer
Alexander Clapp on scam gangs
Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite on Liverpool
Rosemary Hill on Martin Parr’s photographs
Tony Wood on the Latin American right
and Leo Robson on cinema-going.
Read at www.lrb.co.uk
James Lasdun on what makes a serial killer
Alexander Clapp on scam gangs
Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite on Liverpool
Rosemary Hill on Martin Parr’s photographs
Tony Wood on the Latin American right
and Leo Robson on cinema-going.
Read at www.lrb.co.uk
Next Monday, our LRB Screen series continues its exploration of visions of London created by non-British filmmakers with a screening of 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘯 (1980).
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
October 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Next Monday, our LRB Screen series continues its exploration of visions of London created by non-British filmmakers with a screening of 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘯 (1980).
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
Critic and broadcaster @ellenejones.bsky.social will be in conversation after the film.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/lrb-lon...
The second and third of this year’s lectures will be given by Adam Shatz and Seamus Perry at 7 p.m. on Friday 16 January and Friday 30 January respectively, at Conway Hall – and will be listed very soon.
Series tickets for all three lectures are available here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lrb-winter...
Series tickets for all three lectures are available here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lrb-winter...
October 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The second and third of this year’s lectures will be given by Adam Shatz and Seamus Perry at 7 p.m. on Friday 16 January and Friday 30 January respectively, at Conway Hall – and will be listed very soon.
Series tickets for all three lectures are available here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lrb-winter...
Series tickets for all three lectures are available here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lrb-winter...
Announcing the first of this year’s 𝘓𝘙𝘉 Winter Lectures: Amia Srinivasan, The Impossible Patient - Friday 12 December at Beveridge Hall, London.
In-person and livestream tickets available here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lrb-winter...
In-person and livestream tickets available here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lrb-winter...
October 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Announcing the first of this year’s 𝘓𝘙𝘉 Winter Lectures: Amia Srinivasan, The Impossible Patient - Friday 12 December at Beveridge Hall, London.
In-person and livestream tickets available here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lrb-winter...
In-person and livestream tickets available here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lrb-winter...
This week, James Butler’s On Politics podcast looks at the rise of the online right (and left).
Listen and subscribe:
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Listen and subscribe:
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October 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This week, James Butler’s On Politics podcast looks at the rise of the online right (and left).
Listen and subscribe:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
Listen and subscribe:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
Issue 47.19 is now online, featuring:
David Trotter on 𝘔𝘳𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘺
Julian Barnes on Flaubert and his publisher
Fiona Green on Jorie Graham
Owen Hatherley on mid-century architecture in Dulwich and Greenwich
@michaelledgerlomas.bsky.social on Cecil Rhodes
Read at www.lrb.co.uk
David Trotter on 𝘔𝘳𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘺
Julian Barnes on Flaubert and his publisher
Fiona Green on Jorie Graham
Owen Hatherley on mid-century architecture in Dulwich and Greenwich
@michaelledgerlomas.bsky.social on Cecil Rhodes
Read at www.lrb.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Issue 47.19 is now online, featuring:
David Trotter on 𝘔𝘳𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘺
Julian Barnes on Flaubert and his publisher
Fiona Green on Jorie Graham
Owen Hatherley on mid-century architecture in Dulwich and Greenwich
@michaelledgerlomas.bsky.social on Cecil Rhodes
Read at www.lrb.co.uk
David Trotter on 𝘔𝘳𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘺
Julian Barnes on Flaubert and his publisher
Fiona Green on Jorie Graham
Owen Hatherley on mid-century architecture in Dulwich and Greenwich
@michaelledgerlomas.bsky.social on Cecil Rhodes
Read at www.lrb.co.uk
The 𝘓𝘙𝘉 published many of Tony Harrison’s poems over the years, including, most famously, ‘v.’ To mark forty years of the poem, and in tribute to its author, live readings will take place in Holbeck on Sunday 12 Oct, in association with Slung Low. More info/tickets: www.slunglow.org/v-a-homecomi...
October 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The 𝘓𝘙𝘉 published many of Tony Harrison’s poems over the years, including, most famously, ‘v.’ To mark forty years of the poem, and in tribute to its author, live readings will take place in Holbeck on Sunday 12 Oct, in association with Slung Low. More info/tickets: www.slunglow.org/v-a-homecomi...
The 𝘓𝘙𝘉 published many of Tony Harrison’s poems over the years, including, most famously, ‘v.’ To mark forty years of the poem, and in tribute to its author, live readings will take place in Holbeck on Sunday 12 Oct, in association with Slung Low. More info/tickets: www.slunglow.org/v-a-homecomi...
October 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The 𝘓𝘙𝘉 published many of Tony Harrison’s poems over the years, including, most famously, ‘v.’ To mark forty years of the poem, and in tribute to its author, live readings will take place in Holbeck on Sunday 12 Oct, in association with Slung Low. More info/tickets: www.slunglow.org/v-a-homecomi...
The LRB published many of Tony Harrison’s poems over the years, including, most famously, ‘v.’ To mark forty years of the poem, and in tribute to its author, live readings will take place in Holbeck on Sunday 12 Oct, in association with Slung Low. More info/tickets: www.slunglow.org/v-a-homecomi...
October 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The LRB published many of Tony Harrison’s poems over the years, including, most famously, ‘v.’ To mark forty years of the poem, and in tribute to its author, live readings will take place in Holbeck on Sunday 12 Oct, in association with Slung Low. More info/tickets: www.slunglow.org/v-a-homecomi...
LRB Screen’s ‘London Reviewed’ events continue at the Garden Cinema on Monday 6 Oct, 8 p.m., with Uberto Pasolini’s ‘Still Life’. The writer and director will introduce the film, and discuss it afterwards with regular series host Gareth Evans.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/london-...
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/london-...
October 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
LRB Screen’s ‘London Reviewed’ events continue at the Garden Cinema on Monday 6 Oct, 8 p.m., with Uberto Pasolini’s ‘Still Life’. The writer and director will introduce the film, and discuss it afterwards with regular series host Gareth Evans.
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/london-...
Tickets here: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/london-...
Next in our LRB Screen series: ‘Still Life’ (2013).
On Monday 6 October, the film’s writer and director Uberto Pasolini (who won Best Director at Venice for this work) will be in conversation with host Gareth Evans at The Garden Cinema.
Tickets here:
www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/london-...
On Monday 6 October, the film’s writer and director Uberto Pasolini (who won Best Director at Venice for this work) will be in conversation with host Gareth Evans at The Garden Cinema.
Tickets here:
www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/london-...
October 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Next in our LRB Screen series: ‘Still Life’ (2013).
On Monday 6 October, the film’s writer and director Uberto Pasolini (who won Best Director at Venice for this work) will be in conversation with host Gareth Evans at The Garden Cinema.
Tickets here:
www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/london-...
On Monday 6 October, the film’s writer and director Uberto Pasolini (who won Best Director at Venice for this work) will be in conversation with host Gareth Evans at The Garden Cinema.
Tickets here:
www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/london-...
Issue 47.18 is now online, featuring:
@erinmaglaque.bsky.social on Pico della Mirandola
Conor Gearty on human rights and the law
Thomas Laqueur on the cello
Jessica Olin on Amanda Knox
Colin Burrow on Muriel Spark
and David Runciman on the road to Brexit.
Read online at www.lrb.co.uk
@erinmaglaque.bsky.social on Pico della Mirandola
Conor Gearty on human rights and the law
Thomas Laqueur on the cello
Jessica Olin on Amanda Knox
Colin Burrow on Muriel Spark
and David Runciman on the road to Brexit.
Read online at www.lrb.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Issue 47.18 is now online, featuring:
@erinmaglaque.bsky.social on Pico della Mirandola
Conor Gearty on human rights and the law
Thomas Laqueur on the cello
Jessica Olin on Amanda Knox
Colin Burrow on Muriel Spark
and David Runciman on the road to Brexit.
Read online at www.lrb.co.uk
@erinmaglaque.bsky.social on Pico della Mirandola
Conor Gearty on human rights and the law
Thomas Laqueur on the cello
Jessica Olin on Amanda Knox
Colin Burrow on Muriel Spark
and David Runciman on the road to Brexit.
Read online at www.lrb.co.uk
To mark its anniversary, we approached the Leeds-based theatre company Slung Low, with Harrison’s encouragement, about organising a live reading in Holbeck Cemetery, the place that inspired ‘v.’
On Sunday 12 October, we invite you to experience ‘v.’ with us:
www.slunglow.org/v-a-homecomi...
On Sunday 12 October, we invite you to experience ‘v.’ with us:
www.slunglow.org/v-a-homecomi...
September 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
To mark its anniversary, we approached the Leeds-based theatre company Slung Low, with Harrison’s encouragement, about organising a live reading in Holbeck Cemetery, the place that inspired ‘v.’
On Sunday 12 October, we invite you to experience ‘v.’ with us:
www.slunglow.org/v-a-homecomi...
On Sunday 12 October, we invite you to experience ‘v.’ with us:
www.slunglow.org/v-a-homecomi...
On Thursday 2 October at 7pm, @amykey.bsky.social will be speaking to Sarah Perry at @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk about Perry’s new memoir, Death of an Ordinary Man.
Tickets here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sarah-perr...
Tickets here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sarah-perr...
September 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
On Thursday 2 October at 7pm, @amykey.bsky.social will be speaking to Sarah Perry at @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk about Perry’s new memoir, Death of an Ordinary Man.
Tickets here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sarah-perr...
Tickets here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sarah-perr...
At @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk on Tuesday: Fiona Stafford speaks to Jenny Uglow about her new book, A Year with Gilbert White, which chronicles the work of the Hampshire clergyman who became the father of British natural history.
Just a few tickets are left:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jenny-uglo...
Just a few tickets are left:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jenny-uglo...
September 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
At @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk on Tuesday: Fiona Stafford speaks to Jenny Uglow about her new book, A Year with Gilbert White, which chronicles the work of the Hampshire clergyman who became the father of British natural history.
Just a few tickets are left:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jenny-uglo...
Just a few tickets are left:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/jenny-uglo...
We also have totes, stripy:
www.lrbstore.co.uk/collections/...
www.lrbstore.co.uk/collections/...
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
We also have totes, stripy:
www.lrbstore.co.uk/collections/...
www.lrbstore.co.uk/collections/...
Worth reading alongside Claire Wilmot’s new piece, ‘Fascistic Dream Machines’, on the far right’s use of AI video:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...
September 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Worth reading alongside Claire Wilmot’s new piece, ‘Fascistic Dream Machines’, on the far right’s use of AI video:
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...
‘One of the questions that has hung over this whole conversation is about the void at the centre of the Labour party.’
— James Butler (@piercepenniless.bsky.social) on his new On Politics podcast.
Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
— James Butler (@piercepenniless.bsky.social) on his new On Politics podcast.
Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
September 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
‘One of the questions that has hung over this whole conversation is about the void at the centre of the Labour party.’
— James Butler (@piercepenniless.bsky.social) on his new On Politics podcast.
Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
— James Butler (@piercepenniless.bsky.social) on his new On Politics podcast.
Listen and subscribe on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
‘Keir Starmer is in trouble.’
New on the blog: James Butler (@piercepenniless.bsky.social) on Labour’s problems.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...
New on the blog: James Butler (@piercepenniless.bsky.social) on Labour’s problems.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...
September 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
‘Keir Starmer is in trouble.’
New on the blog: James Butler (@piercepenniless.bsky.social) on Labour’s problems.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...
New on the blog: James Butler (@piercepenniless.bsky.social) on Labour’s problems.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...
Launching today: James Butler’s (@piercepenniless.bsky.social) new podcast series ‘On Politics’ goes beyond the headlines and push notifications to get at the real forces transforming our politics here and abroad.
Listen and subscribe now.
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
Listen and subscribe now.
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
September 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Launching today: James Butler’s (@piercepenniless.bsky.social) new podcast series ‘On Politics’ goes beyond the headlines and push notifications to get at the real forces transforming our politics here and abroad.
Listen and subscribe now.
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
Listen and subscribe now.
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
Issue 47.17 is now online, featuring:
@paullaity.bsky.social on the preventable death of his daughter Martha
Adam Thirlwell on Gertrude Stein
Sheila Fitzpatrick on snitching
Ian Penman on Brian Eno
and a cover by Johnny Bunting.
Read now at www.lrb.co.uk
@paullaity.bsky.social on the preventable death of his daughter Martha
Adam Thirlwell on Gertrude Stein
Sheila Fitzpatrick on snitching
Ian Penman on Brian Eno
and a cover by Johnny Bunting.
Read now at www.lrb.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Issue 47.17 is now online, featuring:
@paullaity.bsky.social on the preventable death of his daughter Martha
Adam Thirlwell on Gertrude Stein
Sheila Fitzpatrick on snitching
Ian Penman on Brian Eno
and a cover by Johnny Bunting.
Read now at www.lrb.co.uk
@paullaity.bsky.social on the preventable death of his daughter Martha
Adam Thirlwell on Gertrude Stein
Sheila Fitzpatrick on snitching
Ian Penman on Brian Eno
and a cover by Johnny Bunting.
Read now at www.lrb.co.uk