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publishes (usually fifteen per issue) are long essays. Some articles in each issue are not based on books, while several short articles discuss film or exhibitions. Political and social essays are frequent. The magazine is headquartered in
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openly published a protest response to the letter of support for Gaza that was published in the journal, and called writers and artists around the world to support the freeing of the kidnapped.
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Wilmers took over as editor in 1992 and remained as editor for almost 30 years. She was succeeded by Jean McNicol and Alice Spawls in 2021. Average circulation per issue for 2018 was 75,700.
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The London Review Bookshop opened in Bloomsbury in May 2003, and the Cake Shop next door in November 2007. The bookshop is used as a venue for author presentations and discussions.
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was £27M in debt to the Wilmers' family trust, although the trust had "no intention of the lender seeking repayment of the loan in the near future".
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Literature
history
ideas
Circulation
Bloomsbury
London
www.lrb.co.uk
ISSN
0260-9592
literary magazine
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non-fiction
book reviews
The Times Literary Supplement
lock-out
The Times
Karl Miller
University College London
Mary-Kay Wilmers
Susannah Clapp
Jonathan Cape
The New York Review of Books
Alan Bennett
Bloomsbury
Pankaj Mishra
Niall Ferguson
Hebrew Writers Association in Israel
Christopher Hitchens
The London Review of Books

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