PinnedMatthew DouglasKentucky Avenue: What Tom Waits Tells Us About ChildhoodPopular music is usually built on the raging hormones of adolescence; the overwrought coming-of-age yearnings that underpin countless…4 min read·Aug 4, 2019--3--3
PinnedMatthew DouglasSilence On Hoe Street75 years have passed since a V1 rocket hit Walthamstow: “But my silence is unique Without colour” - Iraqi poet, Ghareeb Iskander4 min read·Jul 26, 2019----
Matthew DouglasRacing in the Street: Springsteen and Us in Ten SongsIt’s a warm summer evening in Madrid. I am high in the stands of the Bernabeu Stadium. There are 75,000 people below me. I get up out of…15 min read·Oct 4, 2019----
Matthew DouglasDecay: Chernobyl and the Half-Life of Our MemoriesTourist buses pull into the ghost town of Pripyat these days, thirty three years after it was abandoned to nature and decay in the wake of…3 min read·Jul 15, 2019----