The Fence #23
200 x 270 mm, 56 pages
London, UK
Quarterly
First published in 2019
Editor: Charlie Baker
Design: Studio Mathias Clottu
‘The UK’s only magazine’
The Fence has rapidly developed a devoted readership for its scurrilous and very English mix of humour, investigation and politics. Smartly presented in black and red with copious illustration, it’s a unique publication that describes itself as ‘The UK’s only magazine’. Patently untrue of course—perhaps a better description comes from Graydon Carter: ‘The illegitimate offspring of Private Eye and Evelyn Waugh.’
For issue 23, that translates into: lewdly named streets, Jeremy Beadle’s book collection, the international kidnap and ransom market, central London tourist bingo, a history of British child incarceration. Plus art by Paul Cox, Ed Steed, Nishant Choksi, Natalya Lobanova and Davey Jones.
On episode 39 of the magCulture Podcast:
Editor Charles Baker discusses his magazine
Listen here