Taking the piss out of "folk music" or morris dancing is the usual last resort of the ignorant and lazy breed of journalist, who probably only has a degree in "media studies" (cue raucous laughter) in any case.

Not that there's anything fundamentally wrong with media studies, you understand; but there's the ever-present danger of stone-damage in that particular glass house.

Haven't read the TES in years. Would someone quote the piece for us?