The Fence

Why Are You Asking Me This?

We asked a host of eminent minds a series of inane questions.

Monkey Tennis

A compendium of excruciatingly bad pitches.

No Choice But to Stan

From try-hard to die-hard, here is a guide to who likes what and why.

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

Fourth Estate or Fifth Column?

We asked a series of journalists and experts how they saw the relationships between patronage, print and power in Britain today.

Shit Literary Siblings

With tales of forgotten literary siblings now in vogue, we are pleased to introduce you to some forgotten and frankly forgettable blood relations of the canon.

What the LRB Bought Me

We asked contributors how they spark joy in this diminishing world.

All Possible Plots by Major Authors

We praise canonical authors for their boundless imagination. Then why do all their plots feel the same?

The Opportunistic Emails of Benjamin Disraeli

Dizzy will do anything to see his name emboldened within print.