Life as a children's entertainer
A love of showing off led Matthew Arnold to a career as Mr Marvel. Twenty-five years on, keeping children entertained still gives him a magical feelingMatthew Arnold is worried. He fears that he may come across as weird because when he started out as a children's entertainer, many of those working in that line struck him as being "not that savoury". It was 1986, the only competition was a grubby collection …