# The Drawbridge

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***The Drawbridge*** is a quarterly newspaper started in London in 2006. It is a full-colour independent paper that has published articles by [Isabel Allende](/source/Isabel_Allende), [J. G. Ballard](/source/J._G._Ballard), [John Berger](/source/John_Berger), [Terry Eagleton](/source/Terry_Eagleton), [Umberto Eco](/source/Umberto_Eco), [John N. Gray](/source/John_N._Gray), [Eric Hobsbawm](/source/Eric_Hobsbawm), [Siri Hustvedt](/source/Siri_Hustvedt), [Etgar Keret](/source/Etgar_Keret), [Simon McBurney](/source/Simon_McBurney), [Alberto Manguel](/source/Alberto_Manguel), [DBC Pierre](/source/DBC_Pierre), [Tracy Quan](/source/Tracy_Quan), [Jonathan Raban](/source/Jonathan_Raban), [José Saramago](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Saramago), [Roberto Saviano](/source/Roberto_Saviano), [Dubravka Ugrešić](/source/Dubravka_Ugre%C5%A1i%C4%87), [Mario Vargas Llosa](/source/Mario_Vargas_Llosa), [Irvine Welsh](/source/Irvine_Welsh), [Edmund White](/source/Edmund_White) and [Tobias Wolff](/source/Tobias_Wolff) alongside photography and drawings by [Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin](http://www.choppedliver.info/), [Brian Cronin](http://www.briancronin.com/), [Paul Davis](http://www.copyrightdavis.com/), [Jeff Fisher](http://www.rileyillustration.com/test3.php?artistFirst=Jeffrey&artistLast=Fisher&command=Artist), [Paul Fryer](http://www.paulfryer.net/), [Paul Graham](/source/Paul_Graham_(photographer)), [Jaki Jo](http://www.jakijo.com/), [David Moore](http://www.davidmoore.uk.com/), [Martin Parr](http://www.martinparr.com/), [Robert Polidori](/source/Robert_Polidori), [David Shrigley](/source/David_Shrigley), [Joel Sternfeld](/source/Joel_Sternfeld), [Emer O'Brien](/source/Emer_O'Brien), and Peter Till.

Each issue presents contributions around a selected theme. The Autumn 2010 issue[1] includes writing by [Héctor Abad Faciolince](/source/H%C3%A9ctor_Abad_Faciolince), [Bidisha](/source/Bidisha), [Max Frisch](/source/Max_Frisch), [Vasily Grossman](/source/Vasily_Grossman), [Yōko Ogawa](/source/Y%C5%8Dko_Ogawa), [José Saramago](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Saramago), [Antonio Tabucchi](/source/Antonio_Tabucchi), [Colm Tóibín](/source/Colm_T%C3%B3ib%C3%ADn) and [Evie Wyld](http://www.eviewyld.com/), and art and photography by Maurizio Anzeri, [Jessica Backhaus](http://jessicabackhaus.net/), [Elizabeth Heyert](/source/Elizabeth_Heyert), [Eadweard Muybridge](/source/Eadweard_Muybridge), [Jason Orton](http://jasonorton.com/), [David Shrigley](/source/David_Shrigley) and [Joel Sternfeld](/source/Joel_Sternfeld).

*The Drawbridge* has been reviewed by *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*,[2] [BBC Radio 3](/source/BBC_Radio_3)′s *[Night Waves](/source/Night_Waves)*,[3] *[Design Week](/source/Design_Week)*,[4] magculture.com[5] and *[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)*.[6]

## References

1. ["Ghosts"](http://www.thedrawbridge.org.uk/) *The Drawbridge*, Issue 20.

1. Travis Elborough, ["Crest the lows, dig the dirt"](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/mar/10/featuresreviews.guardianreview12), *The Guardian*, 10 March 2007.

1. Nigel Lawson, ["Intelligent magazines"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/nightwaves/pip/ytlvl/), *Night Waves*, BBC Radio 3, 8 April 2008.

1. ["Hot fifty – The Drawbridge"](http://www.designweek.co.uk/Articles/137607/Hot+fifty+-+The+Drawbridge.html), *Design Week*, 14 February 2008.

1. ["The Drawbridge #8"](http://magculture.com/blog/?m=200802), magCulture.com, 21 February 2008.

1. Rob Sharp, ["Notes from the underground: a fresh breed of literary magazines"](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/notes-from-the-underground-a-fresh-breed-of-literary-magazines-2018295.html), *The Independent*, 5 July 2010.

## External links

- [*The Drawbridge*](http://www.thedrawbridge.org.uk)
- [Stephen Coates (art director)](http://www.stephencoates.co.uk/magazines/thedrawbridge_2006/)
- [Studio Lift](http://www.studiolift.com/web_electronic_publishing/the-drawbridge/)

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