Rather like the hotline from North to South Korea, uk.music.folk has just spluttered into life. Here is the post:

I haven't seen it mentioned here but Mike released a new podcast on 24 December. His regular broadcasts ended 22 October last year. Almost all of the episodes are still available for download but may not be available indefinitely.

http://www.mikehardingfolkshow.com/category/podcasts/

I'd better reinstate the feed