John Phipps

Life of Reilly

In the heart of Drogheda lives an Irish man on a peculiar crusade. We meet Tom Reilly, a historian hellbent on clearing the name of Oliver Cromwell.

A Series of Unfortunate Names

George Hitler declined to speak to the writer.

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.

Samuel Pepys’ Plague Diaries

A famous diarist struggles through the coronavirus.

The Busiest Man in Journalism

A Zoom call with the New York Times’ New York Times correspondent, David Gallipoli-Jones.

The Diary of Samuel Pepys, iPhone Addict

Thence I to my office, and all afternoon opening and closing the Guardian homepage.