Archive - Dispatches from Alexander Matthews

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A postcard from Cape Town.

Apr 9

A very different kind of cocktail hour in Kyiv.

Mar 11

On channelling one's inner feline (and stuffing your face)

Feb 1

When winter has come.

Dec 17, 2021

At the Museum of Strategic Missile Forces in southern Ukraine last month, I (briefly) reverted to my 10-year-old military-obsessed self.

Nov 30, 2021

When you're missing the place that made you.

Sep 28, 2021

The tables have turned.

Aug 12, 2021

A grim harbinger of what lies in store for the American West’s tinder-dry landscapes in the months ahead.

Jul 20, 2021

When life gives you the East Coast instead of the Southwest.

May 13, 2021

Self-care when you're all at sea.

Mar 2, 2021

Wild seas and a wild feline on the Northern California coast.

Feb 2, 2021

I'm a new-found plant daddy. Any tips on how to keep my new botanical adoptees alive would be most appreciated.

Dec 22, 2020

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