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Matthew MacLachlan has studied and lurked in London for several years. He previously worked for The Week magazine and has written for History Review and The Jakarta Post. He is a lawyer and a broadcaster, and lives in Shad Thames.
London Characters: Wispy Lady

London Characters: Wispy Lady

By Matthew MacLachlan 30 March 2018

The second character I happened across was a day after the first, whilst my father and I were cycling past an oast house set in deep countryside by a reservoir. I say ‘deep countryside’ but, as the astute reader knows, such hardly exists in the immediate bestrew of London, and so I ask graciously, with…

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London Characters: Elvis

London Characters: Elvis

By Matthew MacLachlan 24 August 2017

Yesterday, whilst I was in crisis, my father and I met a character. It was at The Anchor Tap, a quiet nook by the river, and I met my father there to reflect on the difficulties of the modern condition, its monotony, the repressive fatigue of working in London, enervation at the close of difficult…

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