Matthew Clapham
Matthew Clapham
he/him
Matthew Clapham

Matthew Clapham

Boosted Stories

60 stories

A small, isolated church, against a brooding sky of ominous, dark clouds
A bronze statue of the writer James Joyce stands by the Grand Canal in Trieste, Italy
Matthew Clapham

Matthew Clapham

Reflections

58 stories

A horse pokes its head and neck through an opening in a line of stable enclosure gates
Two Liverpool Football Club fans sit on the roof of a car at the side of a city street, holding a club flag
A dog, wearing glasses, rests their snout on an open pet magazine
Matthew Clapham

Matthew Clapham

Fiction

32 stories

A bare, rocky landscape
A small clearing in shadowy woodland, illuminated by sunlight
A dog frothing at the mouth
Matthew Clapham

Matthew Clapham

Hispanica

73 stories

A person holds out a brown paper package, wrapped as a yuletide gift
A cartoon by the great James Gillray, showing William Pitt of Britain and Napoleon of France carving up the world, represented by a Christmas pudding
Matthew Clapham

Matthew Clapham

Poetry

35 stories

A windswept tree, bent but resilient, grows on moorland
Two slices of toasted bread, in close-up. One of them is partly eaten. They should have been buttered, but haven’t.
A golden mammoth skeleton in dimly lit glass box, amid the darkness
Matthew Clapham

Matthew Clapham

Humour?

40 stories

A loaf of choc-chip banana bread sits on a wooden board
Several American football players stand with their backs to the camera, listening to instructions from their coach
Matthew Clapham

Matthew Clapham

he/him

Professional translator by day. Writer of silly and serious stuff by night. Also by day, when I get fed up of tedious translations. Founder of Iberospherical.