I am not sure what :

he also had strange taste in wives. Between Joan Littlewood and Peggy Seeger it's perhaps no wonder the poor man's brain was addled....is supposed to mean.

Ewan had three wives and the one not mentioned by name is Jean Newlove, Kirsty's mum. And she came between those two. And she is still alive as is Peggy. And I doubt if you have met her or Joan Littlewood. So you are basing your opinion on what you have heard, or read or someone has told you. Not always the best way of learning to comment on people's strangeness or otherwise-IMHO.

I have met Peggy on a number of occasions (starting as long ago as 1964) and she has always seemed lovely to me. Friends who know her much better than me think so too. Ewan could be abrasive and he was not always as right as he thought he was. But he too has a number of admirers whose opinion I respect.

But he wrote some wonderful songs, was an excellent singer, was really good company when I met him, incredibly professional when I booked him and Peggy, and has left a superb legacy.

Those who comment on the policy of the Ballad and Blues Club should make sure they read the Living Tradition article before they do so.