Vic, I am neither bearing a grudge nor anonymous. My initial points still stand. The conference did nothing to establish the various claims Sam has made for his work repeatedly in the national press. A, that he has a body of unique work that he has collected. B, that he has collected songs that "only he knows". C, that he has collected songs "overlooked by Sharp".

Sam is undoubtedly charming, and has managed to attract some impressive names to the song collectors' project. This does absolutely nothing to establish his own credentials as a song collector, or indeed to reveal this collection of unique songs he has allegedly assembled. All I ask, and that I have been asking for several years, is that the work be presented, and that those who are in an appropriate position have the opportunity to evaluate its value in the context of other collectors and collections. I was told this would happen with the launch of the song collectors' website. But it didn't happen. This is not a grudge, it is a genuine enquiry. It has still never been satisfied. And still Sam lee continues to build a career based partly on his alleged work as a song collector. So where's the work?