The Fence

Shit Literary Siblings

With tales of forgotten literary siblings now in vogue, we are pleased to introduce you to some forgotten and frankly forgettable blood relations of the canon.

25 March 2021

Anonymous

Exit, Pursued by a Bear

In the wake of London's post-pandemic reopening, our insider pondered the future of the necrotic British theatre industry.

13 April 2021

The Fence

Fourth Estate or Fifth Column?

We asked a series of journalists and experts how they saw the relationships between patronage, print and power in Britain today.

22 April 2021

Anonymous

Are You Being Served?

The inside scoop from a personal shopper who slung beautiful garms to the stars.

22 April 2021

Henry Dyer

A Jesus Fish out of Water

Our investigation, in collaboration with the Guardian, looks back at the controversial politician’s year in south-west London.

25 April 2021

James Bloodworth

My Year in Somerset

A tender story of a quarantine shared with Gran.

25 April 2021

The Fence

Lockdown Culture with Werner Herzog

We recently had five minutes with the venerable German director, and used that time to ask him about his cultural pursuits during a year of lockdown. For the avoidance of all doubt, this is not an incredibly unfunny parody, it is a relatively funny actual interview with the actual Werner Herzog, and the annoyance of having to explain this is giving us second thoughts about how often we pretend to print other peoples’ words in this stupid fucking magazine.

25 April 2021

Frankie Lister Fell

Hounds of Love

Digging into the dark world of puppy breeding.

25 April 2021

William Nott

The Appellation Way

We take a trip down the Companies House rabbit hole.

25 April 2021

The Fence

No Choice But to Stan

From try-hard to die-hard, here is a guide to who likes what and why.

25 April 2021

Rebecca Watson

The Nothing Game

Ripping up concepts with meek meek text.

18 April 2023