Well, it's NOT like that, WAV. I object to you denegrating their hard work because it isn't exactly what you think it ought to be. If it means that much to you, do what Alistair Anderson has done: work tirelessly and often thanklessly for 40 years in folk music, develop a peerless reputation and bags of credibility, and then convince a good university to take on the degree and syllabus which YOU think is more appropriate.

I won't hold my breath.

Richard Bridge, all of us on this thread have stated categortically that we believe in English culture. We love and support it. We just don't believe in it to the exclusion of all else, as WAV does.

His research is relevant because his "repertoire" is a load of cobblers. But he still wants to hold it up as some sort of gold standard that we should all aspire to.