Slightly Foxed Issue 88 (Winter 2025)

The independent-minded quarterly that combines good looks, good writing and a personal approach. Slightly Foxed introduces its readers to books that are no longer new and fashionable but have lasting appeal. Good-humoured, unpretentious and a bit eccentric, it’s more like a well-read friend than a literary magazine.

This is issue 88 titled 'Pure Magic'.

In this issue: Laurie Graham relishes a story of mushrooms and murder • Sam Leith pays homage to The Once and Future King • Maggie Fergusson is comforted by Gerard Manley Hopkins • Bryan Appleyard finds hope in a terrifying novel • Jo Rodgers has fun with the North London literati • Justin Marozzi discovers An Appetite for Paris • William Davies goes Steeple Chasing • Anthony Wells discovers there’s Room at the Top • Daisy Hay admits she’s in love with Adam Dalgleish, and much more besides . . .