The London Review of Books is a British literary magazine published twice monthly that features articles and essays on fiction and non-fiction subjects, which are usually structured as book reviews.

In this issue:

• Ian Jack: Scotland’s fiery fiasco
• James Butler: Short cuts
• David Trotter: On Andrea Arnold
• Michael Longley: Three poems: ‘Solomon’s Seal’, ‘Takabuti’, ‘Flycatcher’
• Stephen Sedley: The Mandela Brief: Sydney Kentridge and the Trials of Apartheid by Thomas Grant
• Sarah Resnick: Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York Hostage by Jarrod Shanhan 
• Tom Johnson: Household Goods and Good Households in Late Medieval London by Katherine L. French
• Jessica Au: Woman Running in the Mountains by Yūko Tsushima translated by Geraldine Harcourt 
• Jorie Graham: Poem: ‘The Quiet’
• Michael Hoffman: Crazy by Jane Feaver
• Oliver Soden: Dweller in Shadows: A Life of Ivor Gurney by Kate Kennedy
• Mary Wellesley: At the British Museum
• Nora Goldschmidt: The Roman Republic of Letters by Katharina Volk
• Sheila Fitzpatrick: Diary

London, U.K.; 270mm x 370mm; 38 pages; Volume 44, #18