"Well, to be honest, I'd not have had you as a Festival orgainiser, if I'd been in charge..."

You in charge? Well, happily, there's no world in which that would ever be likely to happen, but just to put things in perspective, I was hired as Artistic Director at a time when the festival's future was in serious doubt because of mounting financial debts and a continuing inability to make the festival hit break-even. This year, thanks to tight budgetary control and improved programming which resulted in substantial increases in ticket sales, we turned a nice little profit, rather than the three previous years of substantial financial losses. A few more years like this one, and the festival may well be out of the woods and have a long-term future. So maybe it's just as well you're not making the decisions, eh, Lizzie? By the way, how is Torquay Folk Week coming along?

I'm intrigued to know how your families lives were "put at risk" by your real name being published on a BBC messageboard (which was not done by me in the first place, by the way - check your facts). Are you in some sort of witness protection programme? Hiding from the mob? Are you in MI5? The world wants to know.