Phew! You've been a busy lot over the weekend and it'll take me some time to read through this stuff.

But thankfully, we seem to be making some progress. In particular, Jim and I have found some common ground at last: "they were leading figures in The Peace Movement, The Anti-Apartheid campaign, various anti-fascist organisations, the Folksingers For Freedom in Viet Nam".

And some people see MacColl merely as a singer, Jim!

It appears that his politics informed his song-writing and quite possibly his views on traditional song. But it still leaves me wondering about the WWII years. I've heard (hearsay, of course)that he was quite prolific in his songwriting during that time. Does anyone have any information about that?

Since the Harker biography appears to deal with that era, it's definitely on my wish list.