I read the LRB from cover to cover. It is challenging, informative, sometimes infuriatingly snobbish and superior in tone, but never dull. I love the regular contributions and the variety of reviews...
I ordered this subscription as a (requested) xmas present for my 26 yr old son. I note he often has his nose in a copy when I see him. I myself often read the free articles in the backup email...
The thing that really annoys me is the lack of information about the authors. Most entries add up to: 'Good chums of the LRB'. All very cosy and metropolitan ( I live in rustic Oxon) but often...
The London Review of Books is Europe's biggest literary magazine. Since 1979, the London Review of Books has stood up for the tradition of the literary and intellectual essay in English. Each issue contains up to 15 long reviews and essays by academics, writers and journalists. There are also shorter art and film reviews, as well as poems and a lively letters page. The company also contains the London Review Bookshop and the London Review Cake Shop.
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The London Review of Books is Europe's biggest literary magazine. Since 1979, the London Review of Books has stood up for the tradition of the literary and intellectual essay in English. Each issue contains up to 15 long reviews and essays by academics, writers and journalists. There are also shorter art and film reviews, as well as poems and a lively letters page. The company also contains the London Review Bookshop and the London Review Cake Shop.