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The newest stories from The Fence — features, facts, fiction and more.
Club Couture
You've been subpoena’d by Anna Wintour! An inside look at London Fashion Week.
25 July 2021
Let the Music Use You
Remembering the heady pomp of London’s clubbing scene.
25 July 2021
Rambo
A short story about a gay bull.
20 July 2021
Introductions
A short story about birds, boats, and fictive pleasure.
10 July 2021
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Did they tell jokes two thousand years ago? And were they any good?
7 July 2021
London Haunts: The Graveyard Shift
Picking up flowers and life hacks among the bones of the dead.
7 July 2021
The Empty Plinth
A brief search for the great artworks that were never made.
7 July 2021
Time to Play the Game
Flat-sharing with a hapless lothario.
25 May 2021
Bright Lights, Big City
Our writer walks down the halls of his old fashion college.
25 May 2021
Everyman His Own Football
Hark at the golden age of DIY counterfeits.
25 May 2021
How the Sausage Gets Socialed
Scouring the online noticeboard for the very strangest research enquiries.
25 May 2021
Shall We Split This?
It’s easy to find a nice place to propose, but what if you’re on the outs?
25 May 2021