Move along swiftly.
I'm getting bored of Mainstream media types thinking that I want fifteen minutes of fame and inviting me to participate in programmes or write for them without any financial recompense.
I'm afraid I'm too old and insufficiently vain to be susceptible to flattery. I've been on TV and I've been on the radio; I've been in newspapers and magazines. I don't have a very high opinion - to put it mildly - of the vast majority of what classes as journalism in this country. I expect if I spell it out explicitly that I have no desire to be exploited, the offers will quickly dry up.
On the other hand I don't want to appear churlish and refuse to help people, or work with people in a cause that I hold dear. Nor do I want hobbyists, bloggers or otherwise - like myself - to fear referring to my writings on subjects of mutual interest.
And in the unlikely event that someone wants to offer me paid work, I will consider the offer on its merits.
