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1 Dec: Welcoming Ryan Faulkner-Hatt to the Dove Team

We are pleased to welcome Ryan Faulkner-Hatt to the Dove Team. Ryan is a young ringer from Prittlewell in Essex and for some years a member of the Essex Young Eagles team in the Ringing World National Youth Contest. He has a particular interest in engineering and bell history and has been a regular contributor to Dove. He has joined the team to work on a new project, more of which will be announced in due course.

7 Jul: Great Bells of the British Isles

We are pleased to announce an addition to the scope of the towers listed in Dove. Readers of the printed version will be familiar with the list of Notable Bells of the British Isles in the appendices, specifically all those over 40 cwt. The towers that hold these bells have now been incorporated into the web version and can be found here. There are currently 150 bells given in this list, headed up by the Olympic Bell in Queen Elizabeth Park, Stratford at almost 451 cwt. From this list, readers will also be able to see what other bells accompany these significant bourdons, such as quarter bells in clock chimes, or lighter bells in diatonic chimes, or whether the bells are simply hanging alone.