There was a reason I picked on Wagner above, rather than any other.

So, what have I learned on this thread?

You need to distinguish between the person and the persona. Or put another way, you wouldn't want to discuss philosophy with Jordan but would you kick her out of bed? (Just a little analogy to get the self righteous happily indignant.)

Despite all the evidence being to the contrary, Billy Connolly seems to have been a building labourer instead of the ship yard welder he really was.

My dismay last year over the rather repugnant views Michael is capable of inflicting seems to be rather widely shared now. Do keep up.

Folk singers are first and foremost entertainers. It gives me great pleasure to listen to the voice and guitar of Dick Gaughan and let the rants go in one ear and out the other.

Roy Bailey double so.

I'm off to a folk club now. I'll sing about nobbing and unrequited nobbing. That'll be safe.