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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.
15 September 2020
All Possible Plots by Major Authors
We praise canonical authors for their boundless imagination. Then why do all their plots feel the same?
8 September 2020
National Harambe Service
A short story on death, memes, and the National Health Service.
26 August 2020
Our Friends in Hereford
A military insider explains why the Special Air Service is permitted to act with deadly impunity.
8 August 2020
Empire State of Mind
Our writer imagines what her life will be like when she moves to New York after all this is over, as someone who has never been to either New York or America.
23 July 2020
Digital Media Carnage
An insider at a prominent media company reports on their five years at the content coalface.
7 June 2020
Samuel Pepys’ Plague Diaries
A famous diarist struggles through the coronavirus.
25 May 2020
Cut Fringes and Spilt Lattes
Lukewarm coffee and awkward dates combine in London’s lesbian world.
23 May 2020
Flann on Call
Our Westminster correspondent, Flann O'Brien, has identified a new revenue stream.
23 May 2020
London Haunts
How to put up with tech talk from handsome Californians.
23 May 2020
The Governess Confesses
In servitude to Moscow’s super-rich.
23 May 2020
Bonus Bonanza
Want to know how much bankers earn? A veteran lays out the unblushing figures.
23 May 2020