Matthew Wells has had a number of articles published in the family history and railway press. He has self-published a number of books, including The Trial of Joseph Dale in 2019\. The same year he also edited a new version of Lydia Helen Burton’s long lost novel Bertha Darley, which was first published in 1858\. Matthew first learnt about Hudson whilst at school and was instrumental in the restoration of his grave at Scrayingham church in North Yorkshire in 2019.