A Jesus Fish
Out of Water
A Jesus Fish
Out of Water
An investigation into Senator Josh Hawley’s year in London, where he worked as a teacher at an elite private school.
The
State
of Nature
The
State
of Nature
Richard Smyth wades through the thickets of purple prose.
Bonus Bonanza
Bonus Bonanza
Want to know how much bankers earn? A veteran investment banker lays out the unblushing figures.
In Sickness
and in Health
In Sickness
and in Health
It was wedding bells and COVID drills for Jade Angeles Fitton.
Shit Literary Siblings
Shit Literary Siblings
With tales of forgotten literary siblings now in vogue (think books based around clunky tween-insert Enola Holmes or tedious commonplace book owner, Mary Bennet), we are pleased to introduce you to other forgotten and frankly forgettable blood relations of the canon.
London Coffee Shops as
Failed Dating Experiences
London Coffee Shops as
Failed Dating Experiences
Alex Marraccini compares past dates with women to trendy London coffee shops. And a bit more.
Novelists, Online
Novelists, Online
We speak to authors on both sides of the Atlantic about their addiction to social media.
Baby Donald
Baby Donald
A short story from Tanjil Rashid.
At the Altar of Capital
At the Altar of Capital
Fergus Butler-Gallie on how the Tory Party lost its religion.
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What the LRB
Bought Me
What the LRB
Bought Me
We asked Britain’s most radical writers how they spark joy.
Pray Not to Be Gay
Pray Not to Be Gay
Inside the sick, sad world of conversion therapy.
Food Fight
Food Fight
Why do Britain’s food writers hate each other?
Life on the Cut
Life on the Cut
Josh Mcloughlin on his years of continuous cruising.
FBPE Fantasia
FBPE Fantasia
Séamas O’Reilly unpicks the last four years of Remainiac delusions.
Wild Swimming:
Our Half-arsed
Cultural Critic
Dips a Toe
And Phones It In
Wild Swimming:
Our Half-arsed
Cultural Critic
Dips a Toe
And Phones It In
Reporting live on Photogenica Moneyshire, last seen live at Hampstead Ponds.
Masked Indifference
Masked Indifference
James Bloodworth settles accounts with the lockdown sceptics.
Rev. Revolutionised
Rev. Revolutionised
Another round of clerical dispatches from Stoke Newington.
May Day
May Day
Short fiction by Sophie Mackintosh.
Secret
Chef Reviews
Marina O'Loughlin
Secret
Chef Reviews
Marina O'Loughlin
Five stars on the house for this anonymous critic!
Who Called Boris
on Friday?
Who Called Boris
on Friday?
A tipster’s guide to which donor forced through the grouse shooting exemption.
How to Write
How to Write
In a world exclusive, The Fence is delighted to publish three extracts from Martin Amis’ newest novel.
All Possible Plots
by Major Authors
All Possible Plots
by Major Authors
We praise canonical authors for their boundless imagination. Then why do all their plots feel the same?
National Harambe Service
National Harambe Service
A short story from Omar Al-Khayatt.
My Prodigy Son
My Prodigy Son
Lockdown has been hard for all parents, but especially challenging for one particular correspondent.
A Series of
Unfortunate Names
A Series of
Unfortunate Names
What’s in a name? John Phipps fires up his LinkedIn and investigates.
Our Friends in Hereford
Our Friends in Hereford
A military insider explains why the Special Air Service is permitted to act with deadly impunity.
Empire State of Mind
Empire State of Mind
Imogen West-Knights imagines what her life will be like when she moves to New York after all this is over.
The Busiest
Man in Journalism
The Busiest
Man in Journalism
An interview with the New York Times Correspondent for the New York Times.
On the Trail
of the 'Ndrangheta
On the Trail
of the 'Ndrangheta
Are the Calabrian mafia in London? Anna Sergi and Claudio Petrozziello investigate.
London
Train
Stations
as Serial
Killers
London
Train
Stations
as Serial
Killers
A conceit upon the history of our rail service.
The Publishing World
Has Gone Viral
The Publishing World
Has Gone Viral
All the plague-centred book trends that you need to know now!
The Opportunistic
Emails of
Benjamin Disraeli
The Opportunistic
Emails of
Benjamin Disraeli
Dizzy will do anything to see his name emboldened within print.
Digital Media Carnage
Digital Media Carnage
Endless lay-offs and cocaine goody bags: inside a famous new media publication.
Flann At
Westminster
Flann At
Westminster
Our correspondent, Flann O’Brien, tours Westminster, bringing us news, views, and change from a twenty, depending on your round.
A Letter
from the ICU
A Letter
from the ICU
A must-read dispatch from a doctor working in a major London hospital.
Zest of the Rest:
3 issues for £10
Zest of the Rest:
3 issues for £10
Alice in
Medialand
Alice in
Medialand
A Private Eyevent! Featuring the rt. hon. Lord Poshlip and many more.
Yellow
Nailpolish,
a Short Story
Yellow
Nailpolish,
a Short Story
Every contemporary short story ever published – as imagined by A.K. Blakemore.
Diary of an
Urban Parson
Rev. Refreshed
Diary of an
Urban Parson
Rev. Refreshed
Laurence Sterne meets Adrian Mole in this clerical dispatch.
Conversations
with Friends
about
Sally Rooney
Conversations
with Friends
about
Sally Rooney
Ella Cory-Wright provides an epistolary inquiry into the zeitgeist and herself.
The Diary of
Samuel
Pepys
iPhone Addict
The Diary of
Samuel
Pepys
iPhone Addict
Thence I to my office, and all afternoon opening and closing the Guardian homepage.
Politics
Off
Grid
Politics
Off
Grid
Our anonymous insider at Broadcasting House relays the bizarre working practices of this beleaguered institution.
English Lit. Canon and their
Current Views on Brexit
English Lit. Canon and their
Current Views on Brexit
Daniel Defoe photoshops Marina Hyde articles, and Chaucer just has a bizarre obsession with Anna Soubry.
Chef Bites Back
Chef Bites Back
Slay Rayner!
Nothing British About Britain
Nothing British About Britain
When you come to think to it, you realise that there is nothing special about this ridiculous country.
12 Rules
for Getting your
First Book
Published
12 Rules
for Getting your
First Book
Published
Here is the unvarnished and unimprovable guide to getting published, by a member of The Fence in a senior position at a major publishing house.
Super Tutor Confessions
Super Tutor Confessions
The tales of glamour and glitz are just a front. Our insider tells it like it is.
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