Matthew ClayfieldSpring in the Exclusion Zone: A visit to ChernobylIn 2012, I visited the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone with a group of European disaster tourists. This is the story of that visit.Jun 12, 2019Jun 12, 2019
Matthew ClayfieldYou must remember this: Myth-making in MoroccoIn 1969, Jimi Hendrix visited Essaouira, Morocco, a blue-and-white-washed village on the country’s Atlantic coast.Nov 22, 20181Nov 22, 20181
Matthew ClayfieldPoppies for the forgotten: Armistice Day, imperialism, and the war that never endedWell, that went quickly, didn’t it? Today, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day and all that, we marked a hundred years since the guns…Nov 11, 20181Nov 11, 20181
Matthew ClayfieldA Visit to the Buddha’s FootprintReconnecting with family in ThailandOct 21, 2018Oct 21, 2018
Matthew ClayfieldGeoff Dyer for People Who Can’t Be Bothered to Read HimWhat happens when one of your favourite authors stops being one of your favourites anymore?Sep 19, 2018Sep 19, 2018
Matthew ClayfieldBig Brother on the Red PlanetA review of Gimlet Media's 'The Habitat'.Jun 13, 2018Jun 13, 2018
Matthew ClayfieldThe vein of our common humanityAnthony Bourdain, meeting your heroes, and the importance of getting to workJun 9, 20181Jun 9, 20181
Matthew ClayfieldThe youngest tour guide in BattambangA trip to Battambang's famous bat caves with a young man determined to make it on his own.May 31, 2018May 31, 2018
Matthew ClayfieldLest we forget? Or have we already forgotten?This is a piece I wrote for Spook Magazine upon the centenary of the Gallipoli landings back in 2015. Unfortunately, Spook went bust and…Apr 20, 2018Apr 20, 2018
Matthew ClayfieldTwo Book ReviewsThe following book reviews were written for The Weekend Australian back in 2016. For whatever reason — probably the fact that I didn’t file…Feb 7, 2018Feb 7, 2018