Delighted to see John Kirkpatrick there. He is still hugely under-rated for the massive contribution that he has made.

Having said that, can I heartily endorse "So, indeed, why have an awards ceremony?" It was seem to me to be a lot of self-congratulatory nonsense, copying the antics of the moribund industry-run mainstream music business and producing a minor version of it.

And that is not sour grapes.... I was once invited and turned the invitation down.