Howard was "rolling on the floor pissing himself laughing" at the thought of yourt "intensive" 4 year folk education of radio and BBC television programmes.

I doubt Martin Carthy ever spares a thought for you, Wavey. And certainly his point that "the only damage you can do to a folk song is not to sing it", as well as his involvement with projects such as Imagined Village, would indicate that his views are very much at odds with yours.