Issue 26 is here πΈ
With a cover from @daveyjones.bsky.social and work from Tamlin Magee, @garyiship.bsky.social, Ella Benson Easton, @williamasclarke.bsky.social, Zara Meerza, Antonia Bentel, @jimmymcintosh.bsky.social & more
www.the-fence.com/shop/
09.10.2025 12:33 β π 9 π 5 π¬ 1 π 3
A full house last night for our talk about THE PUB with @jimmymcintosh.bsky.social (seen here, signing books).
23.10.2025 16:39 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1
On 22 October, we'll be talking all things about THE PUB with @jimmymcintosh.bsky.social in north London's finest bookshop. There'll be pints afterwards at one of NW5's many excellent boozers. Some tickets remaining here
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03.10.2025 19:05 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
The Pub Is Finally Open!
With writing from @seamas.bsky.social, @roisinlanigan.bsky.social, @anakinsella.bsky.social, @jimmymcintosh.bsky.social, @charlotteivers.bsky.social, John Banville and @vizcomic.bsky.social.
Available at all bookstores & the link below πΊ
www.penguin.co.uk/books/462310...
14.08.2025 11:24 β π 19 π 8 π¬ 1 π 6
In the second episode of our new podcast, Money's No Object, Joe Bishop asks England's premier pintlord, @jimmymcintosh.bsky.social, what he would do if he came into a fortune.
thefence.substack.com/p/moneys-no-...
12.06.2025 10:59 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Issue 23 Is Here π¦
With work from @emmafmagnus.bsky.social, @drblacklock.bsky.social, @jimmymcintosh.bsky.social, @seamas.bsky.social, @roisinlanigan.bsky.social, @louisstaples.bsky.social, @dwhitehouse.bsky.social, @williamasclarke.bsky.social & more
www.the-fence.com/shop/
10.04.2025 12:34 β π 11 π 7 π¬ 1 π 7
A Bit of Liquor Sauce
What Joey the Crow didnβt know
5. Drew a pie with a bullet hole in it β first time for everything β for @jimmymcintosh.bsky.social βs new piece about how Canning Town has changed over the years:
www.the-fence.com/a-bit-of-liq...
04.04.2025 12:27 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
A Bit of Liquor Sauce
What Joey the Crow didnβt know
Our pints correspondent, @jimmymcintosh.bsky.social has returned with a dispatch from Canning Town.
www.the-fence.com/a-bit-of-liq...
04.04.2025 11:14 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Rattled some with this list. Including one man who thinks youβll get stabbed if you got to Croydon
28.03.2025 18:20 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
The best list youβll ever see
27.03.2025 16:33 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Capital Letter #4
London's Best Boozers
In conjunction with @jimmymcintosh.bsky.social, we present the best pubs in the capital.
thefencecapitalletter.substack.com/p/capital-le...
27.03.2025 15:32 β π 18 π 6 π¬ 3 π 13
Sultry from @jimmymcintosh.bsky.social
10.02.2025 14:06 β π 8 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Grass!
06.02.2025 10:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Now weβre talking
14.01.2025 17:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Yes, yes, yes, NO β although looks more like a restaurant than a pub?
13.01.2025 20:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Wonder what the first one is. Abbey Arms?
13.01.2025 20:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Iβm 26 pubs off 1000 London pubs visited. What should pub 1000 be?
13.01.2025 20:25 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 4 π 0
Labour going βall inβ on AI is very funny, as if itβs some catch-all thing thatβll solve all of Englandβs problems
13.01.2025 11:51 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Amazing
09.01.2025 22:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Dry Jan got me dreaming of Azerbaijani pints
09.01.2025 22:21 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
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08.01.2025 21:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Liverpool complete a pass challenge
08.01.2025 21:17 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Finally deleted Twitter off my phone. Couldnβt hack another βThe Strangest Images The World Has Ever Seen π§΅β interspersed with the Fourteen Words
07.01.2025 14:10 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
Come on guys letβs get Jimmy to 1000 followers π
06.01.2025 20:14 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
New Year commute disaster: Northern line trains are now stopping at Kentish Town, adding an extra 45 seconds to my journey
06.01.2025 09:25 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I really thought Iβd enjoy the City downfall more than I am
21.12.2024 14:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Whatβs it like in central London on Christmas Day?
Oysters, Americans and last-minute reservations: a report from the festive frontlines
Last year I spent Christmas Day in some of Londonβs busiest hotel and restaurant kitchens, for @financialtimes.com (and it was actually really nice) www.ft.com/content/ddb2...
21.12.2024 08:07 β π 10 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
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