Why Glastonbury could do with a touch of snark
From festival coverage to nature documentaries, TV is so relentlessly cheerful that it brings out my inner curmudgeon.
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The problem with Glastonbury
With soaring ticket prices and uninspired headliners, the festival struggled to live up to its reputation.
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Elton John at Glastonbury: the sun king’s dazzling swansong
Schmaltzy tributes and wardrobe malfunctions could not impede the festival headliner’s euphoric lap of honour.
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Can’t Glastonbury do better than its dull, white, male headliners?
The rockers that make up this year’s headliners make the festival seem like a relic from the past.
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An ode to the Great British music festival
From Green Man to Glastonbury, the best festivals are UK festivals.
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In a fractured world, Glastonbury is a much-needed sanctuary
Festivals are easily romanticised, but alongside the glitter and the dancing they demonstrate how humans might better live together.
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The BBC’s Glastonbury TV coverage is a hellish nostalgia generator
This year’s festival will be shown on TV for longer, and in higher definition. Ageing festival veterans should steel themselves.
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Macca and the Stones? The past has a death grip on our culture
Boomer pop line-ups at Glastonbury and Hyde Park show the hegemony of the nostalgia industry is not going away.
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