Robert Elland

'Robert Elland' (Rich Musgrave) is an English writer, teacher, musician and performer. Originally from Yorkshire stock, his family moved to the Midlands when he was a small boy, where his father was a newspaper and magazine editor. Whilst still dabbling occasionally in archaeology, he moved to London in the 1980s - working as a session and gigging drummer and did support gigs with, amongst others, Wilko Johnson, Marillion, Crowded House, The Eurythmics and Midge Ure. He also wrote, recorded and performed as The Bewlay Brothers with Tim Bewlay and Queensville Wakes with Phil Coates (elder brother of The Real Tuesday Weld's Stephen Coates). More recently he has guested as percussionist for Ivor Novello award winning singer/songwriter Scott Matthews. In 2003 he began working in education, finally retiring from teaching in 2024. In 2013 he started writing short articles and stories for various magazines and began working on longer form pieces, completing his first novel "Love & Light & Marzipan" in 2023. An anthology of shorter form writing, "Long shorts, short shorts & very shorts shorts" is due to be published in April 2025. Robert is currently working on his second novel "The Bell", watching cricket and eating wine gums.