No, I did not suggest that people like Martin Carthy should not get paid.

I said, of the experts "No-one would begrudge them a better living."

When the test becomes if a performance is professional entertainment, then welcome to the Pussycat Dolls of folk music.

If anyone expects me to tug my forelock it shall not be happy that we part. How mighty some people must be that they cannot bear to be offended by the ordinary mortals. Do they carry fragrant scents to hold to their noses when forced to pass the common throng?