????? Lost me there . . .

Slow Tradgrind is an anagram of Rod Stradling. Not many people know that.

If the EFDSS are living in a fantasy world, I rather like it. I was up in London last weekend so I was able to go to the House for a very excellent evening with Shirley Collins, Alasdair Roberts, the Belles Of London City and Trembling Bells, the first three of which I enjoyed a lot so I was well pleased. It appeared to be sold out. I noticed it got a very good review in the Guardian a few days later, which can only do good on a national level (unless you believe that all Guardian readers live in Camden as well). Surely on that evidence a sane person would have to admit that they must be doing something right.

A. Berk