Songwriter, performer, poet and gardener, the bard of Wivenhoe, Martin Newell has seen it all, and done some of it himself. These days, you're as likely to read his weekly poem in the Independent, as to hear his music, but on more than one occasion his lyrics have been likened to Betjamin. So with his ear for a good tune, an English setting, it's time you sat down to listen. God bless you guv'nor.