The ARC record company (Scientology front) was the link that worried me - it seems to be a pretty big operation and the people who run it must be persuading their artists and the outlets that stock their CDs that they're bona-fide folkies. So it seemed likely that they'd be involved in other stuff in the town.

I was thinking of going to that part of the world in a few weeks, and the Lewes folk club is one I'd want to check out. But there is also one in East Grinstead, which doesn't get discussed here, and I thought there might be a reason why not.