Downstream

in the Thames towing a canoe
on a long line; he’d ended up
one mile downstream and
wouldn’t do it again.
Photographer Brian Griffin
said it was ‘an absolutely
crazy thing to do . . . I’ve
seen the stuff that is dumped
in it, and what is washed up
on the beach. I’ve seen
bodies, I’ve seen the whole
lot.’ But as with Victorian
swimmers, Matthew was also
applauded for his daring.