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‘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—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. This issue asks which industry serves up the best gossip?; relays what it’s like to be courted by the Love Island team; parodies the New York Times’ recipe pages; and collates celebrity video nasties. This typically disparate mix is held together by the magazine’s always impressive sense of editorial identity. On episode 39 of the magCulture Podcast:Editor Charles Baker discusses his magazineListen here the-fence.com
