Electric Eden
I've been looking for a book like Electric Eden for a while now - one that covered the odd strain of mysticism and melancholy that runs through British history and culture, be it in Blake, Stevie Smith, Coil or Talk Talk. So to hear that just such a tome was imminent, and written by none other than Rob Young was quite something. It should be out this August but for the moment there's a great website with a whole bunch of links to follow - from Richard Jeffries to John Clare (both visionary writers and then some) and beyond...