I take my kids because they want to go Ruth, not because I do or ever have needed babysitters. They're 12 and 20 now and come purely because they want to...and always have done.

Great to hear you're getting involved in Siddy too now Ruth. Well done!

But it so isn't MY folk world. I just made the horrendous error of liking folk music, then writing about it, without permission of The Elders.

It's YOUR world Ruth, not mine. But the music is mine.

My folk world is that of Show of Hands....and The Albion Chronicles.

They have No Rules of Engagement. No silences. No Handbooks. No Unpleasantness. No spitefulness.

Just warmth, a thousand paths to go down, open minds and open hearts...

Helluva difference to what goes on in here...and on the BBC.

Shame on 'your' folk world.

If it doesn't change...it may eventually self-destruct.