for the image of folk music.

So let's start with one suggestion.

Let's treat it as music with some real value, worth subsidising and worth listening to. That would help. Perhaps give it one - just one promenade concert. And not whinge at Eliza's article promoting said concert.

It took the organisers until the 1950's to get a northern-based orchestra (Sir John Barbirolli and the Halle) into the act so I suppose we can't grumble too much.