John McMahon The Wire Magazine Fortean Times Ben Edge James Hadfield John, if you aren't already, one of the finest magazines (in fact, "the UK's Only Magazine") that you could possibly pick up in the newsagents is The Fence Magazine. A thing of great beauty and heft.

Issue 20 sold out quick and our special Fifth Birthday vouchers are rapidly following suit. Only a scandalously low number of them remain, enabling you to use the promo code '5YOFENCE' for 20% off any subscription – print, digital or both. Make haste! the-fence.com/subscribe

ever since i was a little girl i dreamed of being described as an irish woman in THE FACE. now the The Fence Magazine has made that dream a reality theface.com/culture/the-fe…

Charlie Baker - the Fence's dutiful editor, and former governor of Massachusetts - sits down with our sworn enemies at THE FACE for a rollicking chat in celebration of us reaching five whole years as The UK's Only Magazine. theface.com/culture/the-fe…

Always. Be. On. Message. A great read from our wizened and mysterious The Fence Magazine chief, Charlie, and a fun trip through five full years of the UK's Only Magazine.

Happy 5th to the Only!

Perhaps football's not your game, in which case you may enjoy Killian Faith-Kelly's trip through subterfuge and sabotage in the high-octane world of Northern Irish rally driving. the-fence.com/riders-on-the-…

Killian Faith-Kelly If your tastes run to sports found only on the furthest fringes of the public interest, we heartily recommend Archie Cornish's superlative dive into the uncanny cloister of those who play Real Tennis - the game that tennis could, and should, have been. the-fence.com/an-almighty-ra…

Why not revisit Archie Cornish's second piece for us, on the remarkable woman who's set her sights on bringing the primordial sport of Bandy back from near-extinction. the-fence.com/winter-on-the-…

Archie Cornish And to bring it all full circle, why not lace up your boots for Stephen Smith' account of vicarious awe and trembling thrills, as he and his son set foot in the gleaming palace of elite football trials. the-fence.com/in-xanadu-did-…

Thank you to the handsome & talented MATTHEW WHITEHOUSE for speaking with me about TF

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Fascinating interview with George Martin's daughter from his first marriage, in The Fence Magazine the-fence.com/in-my-life/?ut…

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