Magazine

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.

National Harambe Service

A short story on death, memes, and the National Health Service.

Our Friends in Hereford

A military insider explains why the Special Air Service is permitted to act with deadly impunity.

Digital Media Carnage

An insider at a prominent media company reports on their five years at the content coalface.

Samuel Pepys’ Plague Diaries

A famous diarist struggles through the coronavirus.

Flann on Call

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

The Governess Confesses

In servitude to Moscow’s super-rich.

Bonus Bonanza

Want to know how much bankers earn? A veteran lays out the unblushing figures.

The Opportunistic Emails of Benjamin Disraeli

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

Conversations with Friends about Sally Rooney

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