The Fence

Rumours of Our Death

Forecasts of print’s demise have been around for as long as press barons have been buying ink by the barrel.
The Fence

The Ceremonial Counties of England… Ranked!

A deeply subjective guide to the shires, starting at the top and finishing, of course, at the bottom. We brook no arguments.
Isobel Thompson

When the Sleigh Bells Ring

Isobel Thompson met Santa Claus.
Fergus Butler-Gallie

Czech in, Cash out

Fergus Butler-Gallie seeks bodily and monetary cleanliness.
Rory MacNeish

Sent to Coventry

Decca Mitford’s son, Ben Treuhaft, is a piano tuner with a purple-dyed goatee, living between Edinburgh and the West Midlands. But does he share his mother’s politics?
Tamlin Magee

Father of Life, Mystery of Mystery, His Name Chaos

The cosmic wandering of Michael Vaughan Magee, as relayed by his son.
Ella Benson Easton

No More Worlds to Conquer

Dropping in on Robin Lane Fox, Britain's most quixotic newspaper columnist.
Gary Grimes

Summa Cum Laude

Paying a visit to the country’s premier gay for pay university, run by Andy Lee, a straight-talking Dubliner.
Nicole Fan

Visa-Vis

For Nicole Fan, a graduate visa held out the promise of an exciting future.
Jimmy McIntosh

The Grogfather

Saluting Nofio Pecoraro Junior, the Italian-American fugitive who became the landlord of a pub in south London.