• My Account
  • Sign in
  • Menu
  • Search
  • The Paper
  • Subjects
  • Blog
  • Podcasts & Videos
  • Events
  • Shop
  • Newsletters

London Review of Books

Subscribe
Close

More search Options

  • Advanced search
  • Search by contributor
  • Browse our cover archive

Browse by Subject

  • Arts & Culture
  • Biography & Memoir
  • History & Classics
  • Literature & Criticism
  • Philosophy & Law
  • Politics & Economics
  • Psychology & Anthropology
  • Science & Technology
Close
Close
AcceptClose
Close
Close
    • My Account
    • ·
    • Sign out
    • Sign in
  • Newsletters
  • Home
  • The Paper
    • Latest Issue
    • Archive
    • Contributors
    • About the LRB
  • Subjects
    • Arts & Culture
    • Biography & Memoir
    • History & Classics
    • Literature & Criticism
    • Philosophy & Law
    • Politics & Economics
    • Psychology & Anthropology
    • Science & Technology
  • Blog
  • Podcasts & Videos
  • Events
  • Shop
    • Bookshop
    • LRB Store
    • Close Readings
  • Subscribe
Close

More search Options

  • Search by contributor
  • Browse our cover archive

Browse by Subject

  • Arts & Culture
  • Biography & Memoir
  • History & Classics
  • Literature & Criticism
  • Philosophy & Law
  • Politics & Economics
  • Psychology & Anthropology
  • Science & Technology
LRB blog
  • Blog Contributors
  • Blog Archive
2 December 2009

Off the Menu

August Kleinzahler · Farewell to Molluscs

I went down to the corner bar last night with a few of my neighbourhood friends. We get together every few weeks down there. It’s a bit young, noisy and yup for my taste – I prefer the old man slob bar across the street – but it’s become our custom to meet there and catch up.


Most Recent

The Censor’s Scissors

Anna Aslanyan

John Heartfield was forced to leave Germany in 1933. Even before the Nazis put him on their hit list, his art had caused controversy. In 1928 he...

Across the Rio de la Plata

Forrest Hylton

At sunset on a clear day you can see thirty miles across the Rio de la Plata from Colonia de Sacramento to the skyscrapers of Buenos Aires as the sky...

Knowledge of the Relevant Facts

Selma Dabbagh

Israel has assassinated a record number of Palestinian journalists, refused to allow international reporters to enter Gaza, imposed internet blackouts...

Laughing Their Heads Off

Malin Hay

If there’s anything ironic about being so scared of telling the wrong joke that you run straight into the arms of the House of Saud, it seems lost...

Balfour to Blair

Anne Irfan

By endorsing the Trump plan, Keir Starmer continues the long-standing British position of denying the Palestinian people’s right to national self-...
Contact
Email: blog@lrb.co.uk

Please enable Javascript

This site requires the use of Javascript to provide the best possible experience. Please change your browser settings to allow Javascript content to run.

About

  • About the LRB
  • Subscribe
  • Publication schedule
  • Advertise with us
  • Bookshop
  • Jobs

Help

  • Contact us
  • The LRB app
  • For librarians
  • Accessibility
  • FAQs

Follow Us

  • Bluesky
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Facebook
London Review of Books
© LRB (London) Ltd 1980 - 2025. All rights reserved.
ISSN 0260-9592
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy
Back To Top