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.