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Seventh River

Ciaran Thapar

A diary from the Thames, published on Sundays

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The City Disappears

Having spent my adolescence hovering at the edges, venturing in on day trips and nights out, I moved into London proper a little over a decade ago. I have remained south-of-the-river ever since.

I realise now that my first rented home bel...

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Signs of Spring

Basant in Lahore by Dr Ajaz Anwar

Earlier this week, after a two-decade ban, the annual kite flying festival of Basant, marking the pending arrival of spring, returned to the Pakistani skies.

The danger of having glass and metal infused...

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The Great Western

The Great Western in Hayes, west London. All photography from Mixy: A Desi Pub, by Hark1karan

Two paintings hang on the walls of The Great Western, a grand desi pub on a residential roundabout just north of Heathrow Airport in Hayes, west...

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Parakeets

Art by Raj Dhunna

It was approaching Christmas when I visited our family home of 20 years for the last time.

Mum had already relocated to the other side of Staines bridge. Dad had sold up and was preparing to move downriver, towards King...

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Welcome to SEVENTH RIVER

Portrait by Nahwand Jaff

Hi - Ciaran Thapar here.

To new subscribers, thank you so much for joining me.

To loyal older readers, thanks for sticking around.

It’s been a while since I last posted. Let me quickly explain.

Across 2025,...

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    I write about life in London, beside the Thames. Interested in UK music, violence prevention and British/Punjabi history. Writing tutor. Host of Safe. Author of Cut Short.

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