The Fence

Issue 29 Is Here 🌦️ With fiction from William Boyd; more writing from @drblacklock.bsky.social, @jimmymcintosh.bsky.social, Kate Spicer, Precious Adesina, @nivenj1.bsky.social, Leo Robson, Nell Whittaker, @williamasclarke.bsky.social & more, plus illos by @daveyjones.bsky.social. the-fence.com/shop

Some rich and deserved praise for the English Civil War feature from the last issue

Some rich and deserved praise for the English Civil War feature from the last issue

Sydney, 2006. Went to watch the fireworks by the Harbour Bridge, drank too much cheap box wine. Went back to the flat to drop off stuff before going onto a house party. All three of us woke up the next morning in the same flat, having all passed out and not remotely made it to said house party 🎆

He has been ruined for me by THAT “book publishing” account that replied to @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social’s molesworth thread 😅😅

Keep them coming through...

Issue 29 is looking glitzy

I can’t remember the most memorable ones 😊

Issue 29 is now stocked at The Waves in St Leonard's on Sea, and what a shop it is.

Another five-star piece from the current issue, in which Alex Bilmes meets an old friend. the-fence.com/article/deat...

Issue 29 is at Harry's Newsagent in W2, would you believe it... a new stockist!

Issue 29 is at Bournemouth

A noble hound with a pile of mags

Leo the one-eyed cat with the latest issue

One of our readers has jumped the shark in the battle for the Bollinger.

We don't usually put the comic bits from the magazine online, but we are making an exception for this, which has been such a hit with our readers in the print magazine. the-fence.com/article/mole...

A particularly juicy newsletter with you all there...

Shout-out of dreams in Lauren Sherman's fashion newsletter for Puck News the-fence.com/shop

Very funny bit in the latest @thefence.bsky.social

A new witness has just come forward in the investigation into the death of Joe Deacy...

No, thank you. There‘s an editorial excellence around The Fence which needs to be acknowledged and celebrated.

Top piece by Daniel Marc Janes on British Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s journalistic beginnings at Tank World magazine, published by the one and only @thefence.bsky.social the-fence.com/article/tank...

Asked on the BBC in August if King Charles would pass a test needing both parents born in the UK. Great Yarmouth’s MP Rupert Lowe wouldn’t say: “we can split hairs”. A month later Restore Britain’s paper settled on one British-born parent. https://fibberd.com/b/british-but-not-britons #UKPolitics

A cat named Sid is enjoying Issue 29

Issue 29 is at the Bolivian Salt Flats. Gap yahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

In which Ed Cumming (journalist) met Ed Cumming (barrister). the-fence.com/article/kola...

Issue 29 is at Loch Hourn

Issue 29 is feeling quite autumnal

The ideal reading material for the nicer (but not too nice) carriages in Eurostar @thefence.bsky.social

Lovely piece about Andy Burnham's early days as a reporter for 'Tank World' the-fence.com/article/tank...

In prime position at WH Smith King's X

'In fact, it would only offend all the nice Arab guys out there and make me look like a slutty racist. I decided just to keep quiet. It was the best I could do for the cause.' Kate Spicer is talking freely. the-fence.com/article/a-li...

A very Certain Type of Man tableau on the Edinburgh train, @thefence.bsky.social.

The Friendly Society

Are there more Swifties on Bluesky?

Issue 29 is at Directory Records in Brighton, a very cool new store you should check out if you live in the Sussex area.

omg @thefence.bsky.social has a piece on pink slime journalism feat. “Coach” Weinhaus, as introduced by @helldude.bsky.social on a remarkable, approaching art, episode of the ALAB podcast (Ep 8: The Counterclerk) now advising and lawyering for f’ing Yaxley-Lennon/Tommy Robinson

Issue 29 is at Stansted