The Fence

What the LRB Bought Me

We asked contributors how they spark joy in this diminishing world.
Richard Smyth

The State of Nature

A classic treatise against men writing about the natural world.
Ed Cumming

Food Fight

Over the past few years, food media has become a fractious place.
Harry Shukman

Pray not to Be Gay

Inside the sick, sad world of conversion therapy.
Josh Mcloughlin

Life on the Cut

Projectile excrement, dodgy deals and bizarre characters – that's life as a continuous cruiser on London’s waterways.
Séamas O’Reilly

FBPE Fantasia

Unpicking the last four years of Remaniac delusions.
Secret Chef

Chef Bites Back: Marina O’Loughlin

Five stars on the house for the Sunday Times' anonymous critic!
Joe Kennedy

Herdmindedness

Do good novelists have to write good novels?
Henry Dyer

Who Called Boris on Friday?

A tipster’s guide to which donor forced through the grouse shooting exemption.
John Phipps

Three Extracts from ‘Inside Story: How To Write’

In a world exclusive, The Fence is delighted to publish three extracts from Martin Amis’ newest novel.