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The London Magazine – October/November 2025

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THE LONDON MAGAZINE (April 2, 2025): The latest issue features….

Essay | The Aesthetic Life by Zsófia Paulikovics

‘Several broadly millennial acquaintances confess that reading the book made them feel a sort of sickening recognition.’

Essay | No Designated Venue: An Oral History of London’s Music and Poetry Scenes

Yasmina Snyder spoke to writers, poets, musicians and event organisers based in London about the connections between live music and poetry, and the spaces that host them.

Essay | Why Magazines Fail by Tristram Fane Saunders

‘There’s big trouble in the world of little magazines. In the last two years, an alarming number have vanished into that second-hand bookshop in the sky. Each leaves the world a little quieter, a little poorer.’

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THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE – OCTOBER 13, 2025 PREVIEW

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The cover of the October 13 2025 issue of The New Yorker in which a man creates a leaf motif with a leaf blower.

THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest cover features Brian Stauffer’s “Winds of Change” – A gust of fall.

Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, and the “War from Within”

Peace abroad and war at home? It’s an unusual note to strike in an electoral democracy. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells

Before Kimmel, the Smothers Brothers Ate It

President Nixon got the brothers’ variety show cancelled after they wouldn’t let up on Vietnam. In the wake of the new late-night wars, Dick Smothers is having flashbacks. By Bruce Handy

The Prime Minister Who Tried to Have a Life Outside the Office

As the thirtysomething leader of Finland, Sanna Marin pursued an ambitious policy agenda. The press focussed on her nights out and how she paid for breakfast. By Jennifer Wilson