"that's the sort of guy you're talking to here."

Who? Grant? Les? Anne? Eddie? Barry? Me? I don't think any of us does the above!

"consequence our middle class friends having opened up such a large wide trench between the what is happening in the clubs, and what is happening in the festivals, the folk magazines and the radio programmes"

That's a whole different issue and maybe deserves its own thread. (Personally I'd say only 'some' clubs, and 'some' festivals etc - becuase there IS perhaps a gap in some cases, but in others it all fits together beautifully - Gainsborough, for example, and we could also debate which land masses might be moving in which directions and why - and if indeed it it's a 'class' thing. Or not).

Thanks Anne for your post. That's the remaining question: Why the change this year? If we knew that, then with luck it might not happen to anyone else.

Tom