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Keith Armstrong - Recitation
Ann Sessoms - Northumbrian Pipes
Although John was sometimes called ‘Mad Martin’, this soubriquet is perhaps undeserved and arguably applies more to his brothers William and Jonathan, despite a number of descriptions of him to the contrary, such as the following…
“… a handsome man, short of stature, but graceful and attractive in person… with indications, both in his manner and countenance, of that mental instability which is nearly allied to insanity… it would not be hard to fancy that John possessed the genius that to madness nearly is allied.” (S.C. Hall)
“Some call me a madman, and some say the same of my brother, John.” (William Martin)