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The newest stories from The Fence — features, facts, fiction and more.
The Star-Spangled Book Deal
Drape your next manuscript in the red, white and blue.
25 May 2021
Monkey Tennis
A compendium of excruciatingly bad pitches.
23 May 2021
The View from Mount Olympus
2012’s Summer Olympics were a harbinger of the dreadful decade to come.
23 May 2021
The Low Road
A Highlands short story, bittersweet in taste.
23 May 2021
The Worst Bar in London?
Nights out in Chelsea are nothing like TV.
23 May 2021
In the Beginning Was the Blurb
Stunning, vital and multi-hued investigation into how books get blurbed.
23 May 2021
Brand Management
What was Russell Brand like in 2007? Read on to find out more.
23 May 2021
A Series of Unfortunate Names
George Hitler declined to speak to the writer.
5 May 2021
No Choice But to Stan
From try-hard to die-hard, here is a guide to who likes what and why.
25 April 2021
The Appellation Way
We take a trip down the Companies House rabbit hole.
25 April 2021
Hounds of Love
Digging into the dark world of puppy breeding.
25 April 2021
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.
25 April 2021