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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.
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All Possible Plots by Major Authors

We praise canonical authors for their boundless imagination. Then why do all their plots feel the same?
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Samuel Pepys’ Plague Diaries

A famous diarist struggles through the coronavirus.
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Flann on Call

Our Westminster correspondent, Flann O'Brien, has identified a new revenue stream.
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Mild Swimming

Reporting live on Photogenica Moneyshire, last seen at Highgate Ponds.
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Conversations with Friends about Sally Rooney

An epistolary inquiry into the zeitgeist, the novels, the publishers and me.
John Phipps

The Diary of Samuel Pepys, iPhone Addict

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

Our correspondent, Flann O’Brien, tours Westminster, bringing us news, views, and change from a twenty, depending on your round.
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Diary of an Urban Parson: Rev. Refreshed

Excerpts from the prayer-journal of the Rev J.J Cowan MA (Oxon), Vicar of St Ewolds, Stoke Newington.
Secret Chef

Chef Bites Back: Giles Coren

Food critics love to dish it out – and make a tidy sum doing so – but no one puts them under the spotlight. Until now.