Dan,


Of course you are right given the climate in which music promotion operates in Britain today. What I find wrong in this, however, is the continuing lack of government funding, in comparison to other European countries, for cultural events and especially traditional arts.

From personal experience, I know this not to be the case in Germany and France and I've heard similar reports from Spain where festivals are massive and usually charge little or nothing to punters.

Is this not just another reflection of how we in Britain (and most particularly in England) have far too little regard for our cultural heritage?