{Name witheld just in case my memory is playing tricks} is my hero. Took early retirement and does a few tours and sporadic gigs and festivals per year. Great writer, performer and entertainer. But - if I remember our conversation correctly - he views the tours as a subsidised holiday. I think that's the model to follow for the vast majority of not-Kate-Rusby-or-Martin-Carthys amongst us.

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Hamish