In recent years,I have started writing and researching a few things, including:

A paper on the song John Barleycorn, 2004 issue of Folk Music Journal

Occasional visiting loecturer on the Folk Degree course at Newcastle University

Talks at various festivals and folk clubs on "Songs about Horatio Nelson", "John Barleycorn", and "The Songs of the Elliotts of Birtley"

CD reviews for English Dance and Song,

Articles for Living Tradition on Brian Watson, Louis Killen, the FARNE project, and The Future of the Folk Clubs