The battle over British folk music

Folk is seen as the preserve of the left - but the right is muscling in. Colin Irwin on why this weekend will see a showdown between Boris Johnson and Billy BraggLondon mayor Boris Johnson thinks St George's Day, which falls today, has been ignored for "far too long". So he's presiding over a week of events in honour of the patron saint, culminating in a free folk concert in Trafalgar Square this Saturday. A crowd of 15,000 is expected for the climactic show, which includes the cream of the Engl...

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