I am well aware of how and when E-ceilidh (not the Scottish or Irish forms) came into the English folk dance revival, and am happy to support and programme it as an accessible form of traditionally-based dance. I'm not having that stupid semantic argument with you again - it's just a name.

Why do you think i'm getting those opportunities, Waveydavey? Maybe because I work for them? Maybe even because I'm good at what I do? Do you think a native-born English person has a greater entitlement to the opportunities I have had because they were born here, regardless of whether they were more able to do the job?

I've told you to go home only once - and let's face it, you've made no secret of the fact that you'd prefer it if people like me had never come here, so it's tit-for-tat, really. But you are a racist, a xenophobe, a segregationist - call it what you will, it ain't nice.

I do the work I do because I love it, and because I passionately believe in its intrinsic value - not to satisfy some warped political agenda. I have also managed projects around Ghanaian drumming, Yoruban singing and dancing, African diasporan music and singing, Caribbean music and culture...oh, the list goes on. It's all part of the cultural mix of this beautiful country, which I love with all my heart. And it belongs to me, and all of the people of many races and cultures whom I've had the honour and pleasure to work with over the years, as much as it belongs to you.