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The Fence

Cooking in Prison

From working in the toilet to throwing melons of overpasses: We asked another squadron of journalists to tell us about the most excruciating pitches they’ve ever sent.
Jun 26, 2024
Ella Benson Easton

A Scouser Abroad

English people demonstably do not have a good reputation abroad. But Scousers on the other hand? Scousers are internationally beloved.
May 17, 2024
Bertie Brandes

How to be a Young Landlord

People will call you a scumbag. They will say you are a leech. Here's how you can try to shut them up.
May 8, 2024
The Fence

The Fence Saves The West End

How do you solve a problem like a theatre scene in terminal decline? We have twenty solutions, none of which break copyright or libel laws.
Mar 22, 2024
Louis Elton

The Based Evil Turbulence Index

We present to you without hesitation or deviation: the world’s first vibes-based personality taxonomy system. I know, finally.
Mar 6, 2024
The Fence

Seven Ages of Cool

What defines the amorphous idea of ‘coolness’ in each age of life? If you are cool too early in life, can you recapture that golden era? What is the optimum age to be considered the apex of cool?
Feb 7, 2024
The Fence

146 Questions with… Dolly Alderton

Vogue may have their 73 Questions, and that's all very well and good – but we have twice as many questions, and ours are better.
Dec 23, 2023
Josiah Gogarty

Waugh on Woke

Alistair Campbell and Rory Stewart are old news. What programmes woud Gary Lineker's Goalhanger Productions commission if human mortality were no object?
Aug 2, 2023
The Fence

Nationalist Sodas

It’s not always The Real Thing.
Apr 24, 2023
Francis Martin

A Modest Proposal

Francis Martin had an idea.
Apr 24, 2023

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