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.

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.

In a world exclusive, The Fence is delighted to publish three extracts from Martin Amis’ newest novel.

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

Daniel Defoe photoshops Marina Hyde articles, and Chaucer just has a bizarre obsession with Anna Soubry.