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| Auld Review | |
|---|---|
| Title | Auld Review |
| Discipline | Review and commentary |
| Publisher | Auld Publishing |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Established | 1989 |
| Editor | Margaret Auld |
| Issn | 0950-0000 |
Auld Review Auld Review is a periodical established in 1989 offering long-form review and commentary on cultural, political, and intellectual affairs. It publishes essays, interviews, and curated dossiers engaging with figures and institutions across literature, art, diplomacy, and science. Contributors have included critics, academics, and practitioners connected to publications and bodies such as The Times, The Guardian, The New York Review of Books, Harper's Magazine, The Economist, London Review of Books.
Founded in 1989 by Margaret Auld with support from veterans of The Spectator and alumni of King's College London, Auld Review grew out of a network that included editors from The Independent and commentators associated with BBC Radio 4. Early issues featured dialogues with figures connected to Columbia University, University of Oxford, Cambridge University Press, and institutions like British Museum and Tate Britain. The Review gained attention during the 1990s for essays on events such as the aftermath of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, the politics surrounding Dissolution of the Soviet Union, and analyses touching on the Gulf War. Editors solicited pieces by scholars linked to London School of Economics, Princeton University, Yale University, and writers with ties to The New Yorker and The Atlantic.
Throughout the 2000s Auld Review expanded its international correspondents, commissioning reports from contributors associated with Foreign Affairs, Le Monde, Die Zeit, and think tanks like Chatham House and Brookings Institution. The Review’s editorial advisory board has included former staff from The Washington Post, Financial Times, and fellows from institutes such as Royal United Services Institute.
Auld Review positions itself at the intersection of criticism and reportage, aiming to bridge conversations among readers of New Statesman, Spectator, The Paris Review, and academic audiences at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Its remit covers profiles of cultural figures—artists represented by Tate Modern and Museum of Modern Art—alongside analyses of international events involving actors such as European Union, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, United Nations missions, and regional developments around Brexit and the Arab Spring. The Review commissions pieces examining literature from authors published by Penguin Books, Faber and Faber, Random House, and critical debates resonant with awards like the Booker Prize and Pulitzer Prize.
Auld Review seeks to inform policymakers, academics, and cultural practitioners connecting discussions from forums such as World Economic Forum, Davos, and conferences at Royal Society to the readership of institutions including British Library and municipal libraries in New York City.
The editorial process combines invited commissions with unsolicited submissions vetted by an editorial team drawn from veterans of The Times Literary Supplement and former editors from Prospect (magazine). Submissions undergo peer consultation with scholars at University of Edinburgh, Sorbonne University, and domain specialists affiliated with Smithsonian Institution or Getty Research Institute. Fact-checking is conducted referencing archival collections at National Archives (United Kingdom) and oral-history materials linked to Imperial War Museums.
The Review employs a copyediting workflow influenced by standards used at Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press, while legal review parallels practices observed at Reed Elsevier for libel risk. Guest edits and themed issues align with anniversaries of events like D-Day or cultural retrospectives on figures connected to William Shakespeare and Virginia Woolf.
Auld Review has published influential essays on topics ranging from reinterpretations of the Suez Crisis to investigations into archival discoveries relating to correspondences with T. S. Eliot and recoveries of letters associated with Sylvia Plath. Notable dossiers included interviews with contributors tied to Nobel Prize in Literature laureates and retrospectives on exhibitions at Guggenheim Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum. Investigative features involved collaborations with journalists formerly of The Guardian and research fellows from University College London resulting in exposure of administrative practices at cultural institutions and prompting policy discussions within bodies like Arts Council England.
The Review’s long-form study on the geopolitics of energy markets referenced analysts from International Energy Agency and commentators from OPEC member-state delegations, and its essays on technology drew on experts associated with MIT Media Lab and the Alan Turing Institute.
Critics in outlets such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Foreign Policy have praised the Review for depth and erudition, while commentators in The Spectator and The Economist have critiqued its editorial slant. Academic citations appear in journals affiliated with Cambridge University Press and Oxford Academic, and syllabi at Columbia University and King's College London have included Auld Review essays. Its influence has extended to curated exhibitions at Saatchi Gallery and symposiums hosted by Royal Academy of Arts.
Auld Review faced controversy over a 2015 feature that intersected debates involving figures associated with Cambridge Analytica and reporting on events related to United States presidential election, 2016. Critics from BuzzFeed and commentators from The Intercept challenged sourcing and editorial judgment. Legal threats emerged reminiscent of disputes involving publishers such as News Corporation and Time Warner, prompting strengthened fact-checking and revisions to editorial policy in consultation with media lawyers versed in precedents set by cases involving Guardian News & Media.
Other criticisms have targeted perceived elitism, comparisons drawn by columnists at New Statesman and London Review of Books regarding contributor demographics linked to universities like Oxford and Cambridge. The Review responded with initiatives to solicit voices from institutions including University of Lagos and Jawaharlal Nehru University.