LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS

JUNE 12. 2026

John-Paul Stonard: At the Fondazione Giorgio Cini

Eroi d’Oro​, an exhibition at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice , contains Georg Baselitz’s final works. He died six days before the show opened, at the age. ..

Dinah Birch: A Fit of Trembling

Bainbridge chose to be seen as a woman who lived on her own terms, but that wasn’t always the way she felt, and she. ..

Joanna Biggs: Who’s the adult here?

Nearly fifteen years after Girls, the way Lena Dunham embodied the character of Hannah Horvath doesn’t seem like a. ..

Stephanie Burt: Two Poems

OlmProteus anguinusI live in a cave. Of course I’m immature. That’s how I can breathe underwater. I play the long game. You may never meet me. I can never be sure. I shine in the dark. ..

Mark Ford: One-Off Comet

John Berryman often arrived at lectures and seminars by taxi from whichever rehab clinic was treating him, and. ..

Andrew O’Hagan: At the NPG

Marilyn Monroe’s image, after Warhol, is still encoded with a vulnerability we instantly recognise, which makes us. ..

John Lahr: Relatable as a Jellyfish

Sid Caesar’s brand of intelligent laughter – satirical, sketch-driven, character-based, artful – stood out like a. ..

Philippa Conlon: Polymers are everywhere

The protagonist of Hall’s latest book is the wind itself. Helm, the only named wind in the British Isles, blows. ..

Patricia Lockwood: Diary

Recently​ I had an opportunity to check in on the state of American Catholicism. The occasion was a tradcath wedding. ..

MAY 22. 2026

Deborah Friedell: ‘Gavin, Gavin, we love you! ’

Gavin Newsom describes himself as an ‘accidental politician’. Mayor Brown anointed him as his preferred successor, ...

Malcolm Petrie: You can’t satisfy everyone

It looks like​ Britain’s long-standing electoral duopoly is coming to an end. Even though Labour won a huge majority in the 2024 general election, the combined vote share of the two main. ..

David Runciman: Trivial Pursuits

Any scoring system can be abused once it gets captured. But the fact remains that a scoring system can also be the most. ..

James Meek: Short Cuts

It might be wise not to be too optimistic about Andy Burnham bringing miracles of delivery, and focus instead on his. ..

Stefan Collini: Squadrons of Pigs

The problems with Britain’s universities are systemic and deep-rooted, not just local or contingent. Yet political and. ..