""The real hope might be here in this email I received today."

Yes, much more interesing. Thanks for flagging it up.""

I just had a swift look through this, and I'm sorry to say that it apopears to be the mixture as before.

The "Arts" that must be defended, promoted, and shoved down the throats of the public, are the usual suspects, Orchestral and other Classical music, Theatre, and Ballet.

Folk is mentioned just once, under the heading of other genres and amateur music.

So no likelihood of any support there, except of course that we don't have to worry about the price of concert tickets rising to the point where you need to be a senior civil servant, a multinational CEO, or a member of Parliament, to afford one.

Don T.