Battle of the Literary Magazines

In a week that saw the 50th anniversary of the first edition of the New York Review of Books, the London flagship branch of Foyles hosted a discussion between representatives of literary journals hoping to achieve something approaching the same longevity. Held in a room with few seats and a largely young, bohemian audience, the event combined the feel of a books party in Lena Dunham's series Girls with that of a rock gig's moshpit (hopes of climactic stage-diving, though, remained unrealised).