Paul started writing for the London Review of Books in the 1980s. It is known for its long-form articles and reviews, and it was the opportunity to write at length that attracted Paul, that and the freedom to write pretty much what he wanted. And Mary-Kay Wilmers, one of its founders and editors, was another old friend from his Oxford days. Who wrote after his death in 2004, he ‘included a standard Socialist Worker harangue in every piece for the sheer joy of watching us take it out’.
A literary magazine published semi-monthly that features articles and essays on fiction and non-fiction subjects, which are usually structured as book reviews.