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The newest stories from The Fence — features, facts, fiction and more.
The Nothing Game
Ripping up concepts with meek meek text.
19 April 2023
Yellow Nailpolish
A short story that somehow encapsulates every short story that has been written in the last five years.
19 April 2023
Do I Dare to Eat a Peach?
Why are T.S Eliot’s letters so deathly dull? We asked an expert to ask other Eliot experts about OId Possum's epistolary style.
19 April 2023
Strangers in the Night
Our resident booze maven went for a night out in Parliament.
18 April 2023
Lost in the Woods
Guy Shrubsole’s schemes have the potential to unleash havoc in the British countryside.
18 April 2023
Drinking with the Greats
Legends of British History, yes, but good value in the pub?
18 April 2023
Put Money in thy Purse
Meeting the English activists who refuse to go cashless, and plot the return of proper currency, just like it used to be.
18 April 2023
In Defence of Mean Girls
Hell hath no horror like the bathroom of a girls’ school.
18 April 2023
Mr Blobby Has a Cold
There are two men inside the monster, and one is desperate to get out.
18 April 2023
Shreds of Approval
Mixing marmalade in shades of the purest vermillion.
18 April 2023
Restart My Fire
Inside a government scheme that's serving no one and doing nothing.
18 April 2023
An American Tail
A story about a redoutable rodent (it’s not Ratatouille).
18 April 2023