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Number 47

Other People

A special issue of unfurling illustrations by the artist Paul Davis. As you scroll down through the issue you’ll see ink drawings, pen drawings, paintings of volcanoes, sculpture and, thankfully, more than one flowchart. Look for a gloriously murky painting of the Thames.

Number 46

What is it good for?

Pat Barker on the silence of women in warfare. Antony Beevor on the trials of researching in Russian military archives. Plus a former British soldier re-examines the journal he wrote in Basra, and an intrepid photographer tracks down the fields and lanes where WW1 deserters were shot.

Number 45

Europe in Pieces

Colm Tóibín, Yanis Varoufakis, Sophie Mackintosh, Elizabeth Strout, Ana da Silva, Joe Dunthorne, and many others in an issue that examines the ongoing crisis in Europe.

Number 44

The Female Gaze

New work from Chris Kraus, Abi Andrews, Bridget Minamore, Ali Smith, Candice Carty-Williams, Sophie Mackintosh, Kamila Shamsie and many more. Plus: an interview with Deborah Levy and illustrations by Mariana Malhão.

Number 43

Have We Gone Blind?

An interview with Mohsin Hamid, Sarah Lyall on face blindness, Svetlana Alexievich on Afghanistan, Martha Sprackland's reading list, plus Angela Carter, Picabia, and some gorgeous art from El Salvador

Number 42

Days of Shame

Featuring Jack Underwood, Luiza Sauma, Zadie Smith on Eminem, Javier Marías on Tristram Shandy, Martha Sprackland, Abi Andrews and our favourite London historian, Jerry White.

Number 41

How Can This Be Possible? A Survey of Dutch Writing

A collection of the best modern Dutch writing out there. Featuring stories and poetry from Nina Polak, Mustafa Stitou, Hanna Bervoets, Niña Weijers and Philip Huff.

Number 40

We Had No Say In This

The 40th issue of Five Dials. The theme: We Had No Say in This.

Number 39

Don't Go Too Soon

Deborah Levy on David Bowie, Molly Prentiss makes dinner her ritual, two poems by Sophie Collins, new fiction (set in Toronto) by Jessica Westhead and a dispatch from a bike courier. Plus: smart people.

Number 38

Things are heading south

Jason Burke on Islamic militancy, Paul Theroux on Southern literature, Margaret Eby on A Confederacy of Dunces, Paul Murray on Irish finances and also the greatest transgendered surfer of all time.

Number 37

‘Others merely live, I vegetate.’

Aislinn Hunter on handwriting, Jack Underwood on poetic intent, Brian Dillon reintroduces Cyril Connolly and Alexander Larman investigates the sexual and sybaritic abandon of Lord Rochester.

Number 36

Landmarkings

Roger Deakin follows the swallows, David Quentin throws rocks in the sky and Robert Macfarlane lists glorious natural terms. Plus W.G. Sebald, Jay Griffiths and Rachel Lichtenstein.