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146 Questions with Jordan Stephens
The Fence

146 Questions with Jordan Stephens

We ask some more stupid questions to one half of Rizzle Kicks.

18 July 2024
Cooking in Prison
The Fence

Cooking in Prison

From working in the toilet to throwing melons of overpasses: We asked another squadron of journalists to tell us about the most excruciating pitches they’ve ever sent.

26 June 2024
A Scouser Abroad
Ella Benson Easton

A Scouser Abroad

English people demonstably do not have a good reputation abroad. But Scousers on the other hand? Scousers are internationally beloved.

17 May 2024
How to Be a Young Landlord
Bertie Brandes

How to Be a Young Landlord

People will call you a scumbag. They will say you are a leech. Here's how you can try to shut them up.

8 May 2024
The Fence Saves The West End
The Fence

The Fence Saves The West End

How do you solve a problem like a theatre scene in terminal decline? We have twenty solutions, none of which break copyright or libel laws.

22 March 2024
The Based Evil Turbulence Index
Louis Elton

The Based Evil Turbulence Index

We present to you without hesitation or deviation: the world’s first vibes-based personality taxonomy system. I know, finally.

6 March 2024
Seven Ages of Cool
The Fence

Seven Ages of Cool

What defines the amorphous idea of ‘coolness’ in each age of life? If you are cool too early in life, can you recapture that golden era? What is the optimum age to be considered the apex of cool?

7 February 2024
146 Questions with… Dolly Alderton
The Fence

146 Questions with… Dolly Alderton

Vogue may have their 73 Questions, and that's all very well and good – but we have twice as many questions, and ours are better.

23 December 2023
Waugh on Woke
Josiah Gogarty

Waugh on Woke

Alistair Campbell and Rory Stewart are old news. What programmes woud Gary Lineker's Goalhanger Productions commission if human mortality were no object?

2 August 2023
Nationalist Sodas
The Fence

Nationalist Sodas

It’s not always The Real Thing.

24 April 2023
A Modest Proposal
Francis Martin

A Modest Proposal

Our writer had an idea.

24 April 2023
Drinking with the Greats
The Fence

Drinking with the Greats

Legends of British History, yes, but good value in the pub?

18 April 2023