The London Miscellany

The London Miscellany was first founded in 1825 as an irreverent alternative to the established literary magazines of the day. Throughout its various publishing guises, it has maintained that initial character of the witty bystander, commenting with dry humour on the doings of his fellows. The magazine was refounded in 1990 by Christopher Arkell, who has published it ever since. Now reaching its fourth decade under the guidance of Papia Ghoshal, its International Editor since 2008, the magazine is looking ever further afield for the poetry, short stories, reviews and commentaries on current affairs which have made literary magazines published in Britain the admiration of the world. Recent contributors to the magazine include: Peter Porter, Ann Stevenson, Irina Ratushinskaya, Boris Akunin, Viktor Pelevin, David Benn, Adam Johnson (the poet who died so young and full of promise - "a modern Keats"), Arnost Lustig, and a host of poets, writers and artists based in India, the U.S.A. as well as Central and Eastern Europe