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as Thatcherism tightened its grip
Written between 2012 and 2019 and first presented as a monthly feature on the New York Times Lens blog
If You Can Reach My Heart
As the poet Tanya Shirley writes in the afterword to this edition
Billy Woods: Matchbook Book Shipping as Thatcherism tightened its gripCentreCentre, 2026, softcover, 272 pages, 13 x 13 cm Matchbook Book presents a curated glimpse into a once essential but now almost obsolete form of ephemera from the collection of Billy Woods. Featuring over 250 images of matchbooks collected between the 1970s and late 1990s, the book traces a portrait of Britain through pubs, tandoori houses, travel agents, nightclubs and appliance repair shops. Once every business would vie to have their brand in