Matthew Thompson

Nov 12, 2024 | nbhdpaper.com | Matthew Thompson |Jack Stanton |Ian Keldoulis

Cruising Madison Avenue is a supreme form of capitalist seduction. The retail equivalent of a Hollywood smile. Each luxury store is inviting, flawless, gleaming with a sparkle or two. Only now, some teeth are missing. Vacancies are staying that way, often for years, the city’s face looks haggard. This retail rot is a new form of urban blight. Rust Belt towns with boarded-up Main Streets due to capital flight and evaporating jobs are easily understood.

Jul 24, 2024 | neighborhoodpaper.com | Matthew Thompson |Jack Stanton |Ian Keldoulis

Cruising Madison Avenue is a supreme form of capitalist seduction. The retail equivalent of a Hollywood smile. Each luxury store is inviting, flawless, gleaming with a sparkle or two. Only now, some teeth are missing. Vacancies are staying that way, often for years, the city’s face looks haggard. This retail rot is a new form of urban blight. Rust Belt towns with boarded-up Main Streets due to capital flight and evaporating jobs are easily understood.

May 11, 2024 | neighbourhoodpaper.com | Matthew Thompson |Jack Stanton |Ian Keldoulis

Cruising Madison Avenue is a supreme form of capitalist seduction. The retail equivalent of a Hollywood smile. Each luxury store is inviting, flawless, gleaming with a sparkle or two. Only now, some teeth are missing. Vacancies are staying that way, often for years, the city’s face looks haggard. This retail rot is a new form of urban blight. Rust Belt towns with boarded-up Main Streets due to capital flight and evaporating jobs are easily understood.

Nov 13, 2023 | news.sky.com | Matthew Thompson

Five people from the same family were killed a blaze in west London on Sunday evening, including a mother and her three young children. Seema Ratra has been named as the mother who was killed. The three children have not been named. Their father, Aroen Kishen, is thought to have survived, and been taken to hospital. One person remains unaccounted for.

Feb 7, 2023 | news.sky.com | Matthew Thompson

Archie Battersbee's mother has told an inquest that she believes his death last year was the result of a tragic accident. Archie, 12, died in hospital after a lengthy legal battle by his family to prevent his life support from being withdrawn. After months of court hearings, Archie died on 6 August after the High Court ruled it was no longer in his best interests to continue treatment.