That is sadly true but it means that these performers are distancing themselves from THE folk.

I go back to our recent awards. Good to see people recognised that have not generally been before, but WE never forgot them.

When I see them being feted by members of the Government who have refused to help folk at the other end of the scale to play a few tunes together in a pub, I wonder if they have forgotten us?

The editor of the magazine I mentioned earlier who got rid of the 'F' word from the front of his magazine is now saying he won't have men with beards on his cover. A joke no doubt but...............