Encore: Let them ring — Paul Livingston on making a great big noise

Paul is a musician, author and performer best known for his comedic alter-ego, Flacco. In recent years he's joined an eclectic band of people who ring the bells at his local church tower in inner Sydney (R)

Paul is a musician, author and performer best known for his comedic alter-ego, Flacco.

In recent years he's joined an eclectic band of people who ring the bells together at their local church tower in inner Sydney.

Every week Paul and his fellow bellringers climb high into the tower where they stand in a circle and create a beautiful noise that ripples across the city.

He's also been working as a hospital volunteer, listening to and writing down the stories of people at the end of their lives, after his own brush with mortality.

This episode of Conversations touches on comedy, death and dying, caring, being a carer, cancer, palliative care, biography, volunteering, bell ringing, churches, ringing bells and personal stories.