A bi-monthly review of literature and the arts first published in 1732, The London Magazine consistently features the best original poetry, short fiction, cultural reviews and literary essays from established and emerging writers. Since a re-launch in 2009 it has been edited by Steven O’Brien, with Assistant Editor Sophie Bradford and Reviews Editor Matthew Scott.This special e-edition includes: Poetry from Moniza Alvi, Emily Bilman, Martyn Crucefix, Oliver Dixon, Frank Dullagan, Philip Gross, Victor Hugo, Mohsen Jabbari, Alan Morrison, Michael Mott, Sophie Playle, Christopher Reid and James Simpson.Short stories including 'The Day of the Dead' by Justin Kerr-Smiley, 'Herne' by the London Magazine's own Steven O'Brien, 'On Being Watched' by James Raihner and Simon Stewart and 'A Mystery Murder' by Peter Robinson.Also featuring Peter Abbs on Jean-Jacques Rousseau; Atef Alshaer on Lorca and Darwish; Ghayth Armanazi on Adonis; Frankk Armstrong on meat; John Blashford-Snell on desert adventures; Norman Buller on W. B. Yeats; Peter Davies on Paradise Lost; David Latham on Pepys' feasts; Patrick Mercer on historic rioting; Jeffrey Meyers on literary burials; Andrew Pierce on the free media and Hal Swindall on Owen Jones.Reviews by Peter Carpenter, David Chandler, Jess Chandler, Belinda Cooke, George Hull, W. S. Milne and Oscar Rickett.