London folk club scene seems to be pretty damn healthy. I could go to enough enjoyable sessions and singarounds most nights of the week without actually South London - let alone London as a whole.

My favourite is Sharps Folk Club at Cecil Sharp House, which I've only been to a few times, but I really must make more of an effort to attend. The post-Penguin New English Book Launch singaround at Sharps was a truly barnstorming evening: like listening to a Now That's What I Call Unaccompanied Folk Singing compilation tape.