As usual however there are things about Lizzie's posts where further explanation would be useful.

I told them of the music, the songs that are being written about all of this, but which are not being allowed 'out there'..

Which songs are these and where is out there?

If you are talking about particular artists did you name them?

What did Radio Devon say to all this?

I made an application to my local community station to have a folk music programme to get "the songs" "out there" and I now spend two hours a week doing just that. It really wasn't all that hard and I now renew without problem each six months. I started from absolute scratch almost two years ago so it is clearly possible. I have played many of the artists Lizzie complains about out not being heard, and have had a number of them in the studio and on the telephone to talk to.

Some time ago Lizzie said she wanted to have a programme of her own to "put the music out there."

I offered her some advice at the time as to what was needed to broadcast a folk music programme and I offered further help. It was there for the asking. I offered to tell her how mine was structured in the hopes that she might take some note and formulate a structure of her own. I wasn't looking for thanks but an acknowledgment would have been nice.

A few days ago Lizzie offered to speak about home education to any gathering of any group of teachers anywhere. I thought about helping her to arrange this - since I have some good contacts in the teaching world. But I decided against it after all.

Do try and think when you write Lizzie, please.

For someone who has done everything to do with heart surgery except it seems the operation itself, you don't always display the same skills on here.

Sorry for the thread drift but to make analogies can be useful.