Edgar Allan Poe, P.T. Barnum, Napoleon Bonaparte, Bishop of Nola, Kiki Dee, Hermann von Hemholtz, Buddy Holly, Elton John, Timmy Mallett, Jeff Mills, Henry Thoreau, Marquis Yi and a mysterious German musician called Wolfgang all feature in Mathew Clayton’s fascinating exploration of the interface between handbell ringing and acid house.
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MATHEW CLAYTON is the author of two books Lundy, Rockall, Dogger and Fair Isle: a celebration of the islands round Britain (Ebury) and The Nation’s Favourite (Quercus). He has contributed essays to the nature writing anthologies Caught by the River and On Nature: Unexpected ramblings about the British countryside (Collins).Mathew works as the Head of Publishing at Unbound and runs a literary tent at the Glastonbury Festival—the Free University. Previously he worked as the literature programmer for the Brighton Festival, as a co-director of the Port Eliot Festival and for Channel 4, The Guardian and Random House.