The Fence #28
200 x 270 mm, 64 pages
London, UK
Quarterly
First published in 2019
Editor: Charlie Baker
Design: Studio Mathias Clottu
‘The UK’s only magazine’
The Fence has developed a devoted readership for its scurrilous and very English mix of humour, investigation and politics. Smartly presented in black and orange with copious illustration, it’s a unique publication that describes itself as ‘The UK’s only magazine’. Patently untrue of course—check our shelves! Perhaps a better description comes from Graydon Carter: ‘The illegitimate offspring of Private Eye and Evelyn Waugh.’ It’s certainly a very English magazine, if not a London one.
Wrapped in a typographic front cover for once, this Summer issue includes a report from a sex-scene writing course, tells the story of YBA contemporary Sacha Jafri and his art, and lists a handy guide to small talk, (‘I find Marseille is just too touristy now.’) Plus a smart analysis of the people behind the UK’s Reform Party.
On episode 39 of the magCulture Podcast:
Editor Charles Baker discusses his magazine
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