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Sunday 26th June 2016 PROUDLY PRINTED IN THE THEATRE AND CIRCUS FIELDS OF FREE • LIBERA • GRATIS mr ON THE TRAIL blue There’s more visual art at the Festival than ever before so we sent JOHN LEWIS off to sky map out a handy art route for you JOHN LEWIS lists five STAND reasons to love Jeff Lynne and his band It’s called the Glastonbury Festival at the Meeting Point, a large camel of Contemporary Performing nearby in William’s Green, and a Arts, and that includes visual art. Cancel Trident sculpture by the In the last few years, “We spend a huge amount of time Village Inn. Not far from there Jeff Lynne has duetted concentrating on art, tweaking you’ll find his Ant Patrol, where an 1 at the Grammys with the visual appearance,” says Emily estate car is held on its side by giant Dave Grohl and , got Eavis. “It’s becoming more and more red ants, while by the Acoustic AS ONE his own star on the Hollywood central to what we do here.” Stage you’ll find Boat Gull, a huge CHRIS PARKIN catches up with Emily Eavis as we head Walk Of Fame – and headlined To this end, hundreds of site- seagull whose body is formed from a to 50,000 fans at Hyde Park. “We specific pieces have been specially wooden boat. Rush has also designed into the final day of the Festival were a weird little band,” Lynne commissioned for the Festival. If the David Bowie tribute that sits told us. “Basically an ordinary rock you want to explore them, a good atop the Pyramid Stage (the Ziggy band with two violins and a cello.” place to start is The Wood, a brand Stardust flash and odd grey eye), a Shortly before this year’s Festival, And for voter turnout among people was evident again on Thursday new area of the site located near Lemmy tribute for the Other Stage Oxfam announced the release here to be higher than the national afternoon when crowds gathered in Lynne, the only constant the revamped John Peel Stage. This (a peace sign formed with spanners, of a fundraising album in aid of average? That really says something The Park for a tribute to Jo Cox, the member of ELO over the miraculously uncovered little nature an aluminium ace of spades, an the refugee crisis, featuring live about the sort of people who come to former Oxfam campaigner and MP. 2 past 45 years, formed the reserve, surrounding Peeter’s Pond, engine and a set of ram’s horns), and Glastonbury 2016 performances the Festival.” Before the Festival, Oxfam, Eavis band with Roy “Wizard” Wood, has never before been opened to the a Prince tribute near the Park Stage. from , Muse, Sigur Rós, The vote’s result wasn’t the first and the artists appearing on Stand who had also been Lynne’s partner public, and serves as a quiet haven, Other impressive pieces can be seen Laura Mvula, Foals and many more news to test Eavis and her crew’s As One dedicated the album to Cox. in The Move. “Before that I played dotted with artworks. There’s a around the Festival. , acts. The powerful sentiment of the mettle in the first few days of the With the album raising funds to with a band called Idle Race, who sound sculpture by Zac Greening, art scamp and onetime member of album’s title, Stand As One, could Festival. “The start was certainly help tackle the refugee crisis – an sounded like George Formby.” looking like a series of interlocking the KLF, has an installation piece in not have been more apt on Friday tricky, with the weather causing such issue close to Cox’s heart – it was bicycle frames, that makes a pleasing Shangri-La; street artist Ben Eine has morning when Festival-goers awoke problems for people arriving,” she an easy decision to make. They’ve been sampled by sound when pinged; artful lighting several wall illustrations around the to the result of the EU referendum. says. But Eavis was genuinely taken- “Jo was on the correct side of dozens of unlikely acts, by Vortex; and elaborate tree-cutting Unfairground; the Green Fields are “It was a complete shock,” says aback by Festival-goers’ resilience and politics and was always open to a 3 including Daft Punk, J from Tristram Fitzgerald. full of elaborate wooden sculptures; Emily Eavis, during a rare moment morale during that difficult opening greater conversation with all sides,” Dilla, Company Flow, 50 Cent, Some of the most distinctive and keen-eyed Festival-goers might of quiet in the site office on Saturday day. “People’s spirits weren’t dampened says Eavis. “She was non-tribal and Wiz Khalifa, and the Beastie Boys. works are the “twisted hedge” notice several pieces of Banksy lunchtime. “But we’ve got to rally at all. In fact, the atmosphere of those had incredible ideas and energy, “Sometimes it’s a stompy piano riff. sculptures by West Wales-based around the site, saying round and stick together. It was first couple of days, even with the working to bring people together. Usually it’s some quirky pseudo- artist Michelle Cain. Using tightly things like, “you have reached your amazing to see the opinion poll which conditions, was amazing. People’s To see so many people standing in classical bit in the middle of a song woven willow, she makes giant destination”, “queue here” and “the did here on the site. That commitment to having a good time silence in The Park was a really which they’ll use it as the basis for sculptures of animals that look like Festival isn’t as good as it used to be”. showed just how many Glastonbury here is so unique.” emotional moment – and what a an entire song. I’m not averse to elaborate wooden topiary. A 20ft And, of course, all over the site goers voted Remain: 83 per cent. That same spirit of togetherness way to kick off the weekend.” that, as they have to pay me!” tall serpent stands in The Wood, you’ll see elaborate flag displays. With just one more day of the as do her two badgers, looking like “These have been carefully configured Festival left for you to commune Lynne joins that elite a Mr and Mrs hipster couple. If by Angus Watts,” says Eavis. “It’s all with your fellow fun-seekers, it’s club to have produced you trek over to the Field of Avalon part of a visual style that pulls the important not to waste a second. 4 . “In 1968, as you’ll also find two of Cain’s huge entire site together. This Festival is as Eavis certainly won’t. “I love the a treat from the record company, sculptures of howling wolves – one much about visual art as music.” Sunday here. The atmosphere has we saw them recording at Abbey playing the violin, another playing this element of being the last hurrah. Road,” says Lynne. “To be working what looks like a ukulele. There are so many great things with Paul, George and Ringo – and Walk from the John Peel Stage happening on the last day and people a cassette of John’s voice – on Free to Silver Hayes and you’ll see the enjoy every last minute. Let’s stay As A Bird in 1995 was a dream Protest Wall. Commissioned by in the bubble for as long as possible!” come true. It was also terrifying!” Green Fields coordinator Liz Eliot Before we all wave goodbye to and pasted upon the Festival’s huge Worthy Farm for another year, For their 1978 Out Of old outdoor cinema screen are a Eavis had this final message: “Thank The Blue tour, ELO series of political artworks, created you to everyone for making this 5 emerged onstage from a by women from the Green Fields. such a special year. It’s always so huge fibreglass spaceship. “It was Protest pieces from previous years heartening to see the parallel universe a pain in the arse, to be honest. are located on fences around it. people create here, the positivity that The hydraulics would often Nearby, at the entrance to Silver people radiate. It brings out the best malfunction and I’d be stuck inside Hayes, you’ll see a crushed missile in people. So let’s rally together and it, like bloody Spinal Tap. And it sculpture, the first of many not lose hope.” was a bugger to move around. We junkyard works by Joe Rush of the ended up having to smash it up, ‘cos Mutoid Waste Company, a regular Stand As One is released by it was too expensive to store.” artist at the Festival for many years. Parlophone on 11 July. It’s You’ll also find his floating whale available to pre-order now from Jeff Lynne’s ELO play the attached to a steel tower near the glas.to/oxfamSAO Pyramid Stage at 4pm. Left Field, his mutant helicopter 2 THE GLASTONBURY FREE PRESS SUNDAY 26TH JUNE 2016 Q&A: BRIAN COX TV’s pop-science evangelist brought his BBC Radio 4 show The Infinite Monkey Cage to the Festival on Friday. ALEXIA LOUNDRAS had a little chat with him

Here’s former ’90s pop star, master to ask. We just tend to ask whatever have to be Einstein to understand that mix. of the floppy fringe, and every TV pops into our head at the time, which and appreciate science. Actually, a When people come to fan’s favourite science presenter: the makes it loads of fun. more serious point is that we live in Glastonbury Festival, however enormously effusive and inspiringly a society that’s based on science – world-weary they might be, they knowledgeable Professor Brian Cox. How does it compare to an with engineering and technology – leave changed somehow. He’s bold enough to venture into the ordinary Monkey Cage? whether we think about it or not. Definitely. I think they come away mind-melting hypothetical realms of It’s great here, although it’s very And if people don’t have access to with the impression that humans can relativity, and brave enough to bring different. We have done this in front those ideas on which life is based, get together and do great things. his ideas-packed, comedy-drenched, of big audiences but not usually such then I think it’s a big problem for award-winning Radio 4 science show, a completely general music audience. democracy. Ultimately, the only What do you like to do when The Infinite Monkey Cage, to a tent. Everyone’s bleary-eyed and has been way that you can really get some you get out and about? In a field. We asked him what it’s up all night and then they come confidence in understanding really I like the little things that are going on like explaining quantum cosmology into a big tent and get to hear about relevant ideas – like climate change all over the site. I can never remember to the rowdy, befuddled masses and quantum cosmology. It adds to the for example – is to know a bit about which field I end up in. learnt why he thinks imparting that surreal nature of the Glastonbury what science is. So these ideas are knowledge is integral to democracy. experience. more than popular culture. It’s part It’s a common problem. As the of the foundation of our democracy fount of so much knowledge, How does it go down, all this Why did you want to bring a to know these things. can you leave us with one last science, in a place of such science show to the Festival? lingering idea? revelry? Because science, and ideas in general, You’ve been here three times We’ve just discovered that there It’s always crazy! Initially we focus are as much a part of popular culture now. What do you make of are 20 billion Earth-like planets in on our theme, the science of music as music is. And I think people Glastonbury? the Milky Way galaxy. That may – what sound is and how it works, want them to be. I think people are I think it’s one of the most awesome either be a useful or useless piece how your brain builds a picture of interested. Glastonbury is a festival sights. When you look out over those of information depending on your the sounds you’re hearing. Then it of ideas as well as music. fields, as far as the eye can see – philosophical outlook, but it certainly goes off into some random area of and especially when ’s going means that there are plenty of homes cosmology, as these things do. The The show certainly has a way of down – it’s just unbelievable that that for life and other Glastonbury one thing about Monkey Cage is making science and those *big* number of people can come together. Festivals beyond Earth. I’m sure there that we don’t really plan it. It’s not ideas accessible for everyone. And like I said, it’s not only music but will be music festivals elsewhere in obvious what questions we’re going Knowledge *is* everyone’s. You don’t ideas and all sorts of other things in the universe. But the key question is: Illustration by SCOTT TYRRELL

Illustration by Scott Tyrrell THOU ART THE MAN! EMILY MACKAY meets the Festival’s resident artist and inspiration behind the Glastonbury Free Press, Stanley Donwood

Make sure you take a second over song Unwashed And Somewhat album and I knew the line-up,” says the weekend to turn your eyes up Slightly Dazed. “Like everyone Donwood. “They said, if it gets out, to the inspiration for this year’s wandering round Pilton when the we’ll know it’s you. And I said, well official Festival artwork: the sky. For Festival’s on,” says Donwood. if the thing gets out, I’ll up there, among the clouds, there's You might be reminded, too, of know it’s you.” as much magic as on the Pyramid the roiling skies of Vincent Van Gogh. Donwood has been making Stage, so says Glastonbury (and Donwood visited Saint-Remy, where artwork for the Festival since 2002. Radiohead) artist in residence Van Gogh painted his Starry Night, He started with a T-shirt and moved Stanley Donwood. “You know last autumn. on to do the programme and then when you look up into the air and “The sky was so blue there, posters and the Glastonbury Free you see little dots floating around, it looked like the blue was more Press masthead. In fact, the idea of maybe if you’ve been smoking a forward than the trees,” he says. an onsite print newspaper was itself little something?” he explains. “The “Suddenly it made total sense how he inspired by Donwood’s adventures Festival itself, there’s so much to look was painting.” The winding, waving at other festivals with “a milk float at, and if you look at the sky, so long patterns represent the individual and a risograph printer”. Donwood’s as you’re not lying in a load of mud trails of bird in flight, and also recall shyness – he went to his first and it’s raining on your face, it’s a the more apocalyptic scenes of fire exhibition in disguise – meant his MOO-DNESS nice open space for your mind.” and flood Donwood created for series cover was only blown in 2014. These Donwood’s metre-long linocut, such as Lost Angeles and days he’s happy to wander around Somewhat Slightly Dazed, has Views – the latter of which adorns the Festival and see his work. “It’s like jewel-coloured spirals curling up Thom Yorke’s album, The Eraser. going to Radiohead shows and seeing into the heavens above a silhouetted At the same time as he was my T-shirts,” he says. “No one knows festival-city, complete with waving working on Somewhat Slightly who I am so I can wander around “THERE IS NO PLANET B” flags, ribbon tower, and stone circle Dazed and the Festival line-up poster, without being recognised.” fire. It’s named in tribute to David Donwood was also working on the But if you do see a slightly dazed, Oxfam, WaterAid and Greenpeace have brought their latest campaigns Bowie, who died while Donwood artwork for Radiohead’s A Moon somewhat contented chap staring up to Worthy Farm, says DAISY HEARN was working on the piece, and whose Shaped Pool album, leading to a secret at the sky, why not give him a pat on 1969 self-titled album featured the stand-off. “They knew about the the back? He’s been busy.

WaterAid are on a mission. At water “Once you’re finished using hands and work as one. But perhaps kiosks dotted around the site, the it,” says WaterAid volunteer Tadg the most strikingly visible of all their charity is not only providing free O'Keeffe, “it has a little pouch of seeds displays is a rocket ship, located in top tweets water for parched Festival-goers but that you can bury in your garden or the heart of the Greenpeace area, its they’re also starting a revolution of in a plant pot and they will grow. It’s side emblazoned with the sentiment their own. Toilets Save Lives is at the a nice way of doing something that is that there’s “No Planet B”. Do you think Glastonbury will become a A man in my train carriage just stood up and forefront of the charity’s efforts this environmentally friendly but, while “There really isn’t,” says breakaway state by lunchtime? performed some spoken word poetry, completely out of the blue. Another guy then stood up and year: a campaign that hopes to see you’re here at the Festival, helps you Greenpeace worker Neliza Polidore. ALLY MCCRAE, RADIO DJ everyone, everywhere in the world, keep the rain off at the same time.” “We’ve only got one planet and we joined in, they had a mini rap battle, hugged, and provided with access to clean water One of the Festival’s other should take care of it. We don’t want Going to a field filled with love sounds like a good then the first guy wandered off. #Glastonbury and a safe place to go to the toilet charities, Greenpeace, has adopted an to be telling future generations: oh, idea. See you at @GlastoFest SAM HAYSOM, JOURNALIST by 2030. And alongside the reusable installation-style approach. There’s we used to have polar bears, here’s water bottles sold in every kiosk in the David Attenborough experience, a photo of one. If we keep going at DANIEL AVERY, MUSICIAN support of the cause, WaterAid is where crowds can place themselves it, more and more people will realise Ok. We’re going to need some music. Time to put stocking another unique item – and it in the famous naturalist’s shoes, and that there is no planet b, and that we This might be a good weekend to go to on plastic clothes and stand in a field. Live from comes in the form of a biodegradable an array of lights that can only be have to take care of what we’ve got Glastonbury... #needahug #EUref @GlastoFest on @BBC6Music waterproof poncho. powered when a string of people hold – right now.” DERMOT O’LEARY, BROADCASTER LAUREN LAVERNE, RADIO DJ SUNDAY 26TH JUNE 2016 THE GLASTONBURY FREE PRESS 3 THE TREES OF LIFE A paean to Glastonbury’s ancient oak trees by Green Fields veteran and writer on earth wisdom, GLENNIE KINDRED

We’re very fortunate to have so people. The oak feels mighty, strong the year. This year’s Solstice dawn many huge ancient oak trees on the and enduring, and is linked to courage was on 21 June. It’s the peak of our Glastonbury site. Most easily found and being rooted to the land, and expressive and expansive energy, but is the Kings Oak, or Druids Oak, nurtures our sense of self. it doesn’t last forever and a new Our 2016 ETC winner above the Sacred Space at the top of In the ancient system of the cycle begins. As the days shorten, She Drew The Gun the Green Fields, but there are many Tree Ogham – an early Celtic tree so the summer wanes, and the oak more huge ancient oaks hidden away alphabet – the oak was given the is central to our understanding that BY MINNIE WRIGHT if you look for them. Check out the word duir, meaning “door”. The oak this change will affect us all and is enormous, beautiful oak at the back is linked not only to the doors of our part of our own cycle. Two weeks after winning the of the Greenpeace Field. Both this houses but is considered a doorway So take some time out at this ETC, Wirral psych-poppers She and the oak in Kings Meadow are to inner strength, healing and new year’s Festival for a quiet moment. Drew The Gun released their likely to be over 400 years old – that’s understanding. For generations Sit under one of the site’s mighty debut album Memories Of The a lot of history. people have sat beneath oaks to oaks and let your inner wisdom rise Future. Now they’re storming the The oak – or Quercus robur, to gain perspective and to let new to the surface and bring you a deeper 2016 festival season. They played give it its scientific name – is deeply understanding surface. Sitting with perspective. The oak helps restore The Rabbit Hole on Thursday and connected in our hearts to the very an oak can help you make decisions faith in ourselves, and with this they’re set to open the John Peel essence of Britain and is linked to from a place of stillness. comes the ability to go ahead and Stage today at 11am. We spoke to King Arthur and his ancient and Traditionally, the oak stands at the aim for what we most want in life. frontwoman Louisa Roach. spiritual connection to the land, and doorway of the great turning point If we learn from our experiences to Robin Hood, protector of the land of the year – the Summer Solstice, now, we can begin to prepare for the How did it feel to win? and champion of the rights of the the longest day and shortest night of new cycle that’s about to begin. There were over 5,000 entries or something so we were made up to be on the long list. Every single part of it was totally unexpected. It ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? was great to win it just before our You can buy this poster by Jenny Newbury from the Glastonbury Free album came out, too. The same day Press tent in the Theatre & Circus Field. Other posters are available. Reiki, spoon-carving, handfasting – we sent KATIE GLASS off for a the album got released, we started day in the Green Fields a UK tour and three of the dates were sold out. We’re hoping we can TOTAL RUBBISH carry on in the same direction. 57 TONNES SACKS FILLED Even a spiritually void metrosexual bowls the colour of chakras around it. I jump ship for the easier job of Have you been here before? OF REUSABLE ITEMS like me comes to Glastonbury hoping my head and I experienced a moment making a flower crown, winding I haven’t! This was going to be 500,000 to find enlightenment. The problem of pure joy… and possibly tinnitus. fresh flowers with twine. my first one anyway because we 150 SKIP BINS is, where to find it? Will it come bug- My spiritual journey had begun. “If you really want to experience actually got tickets, but then the 1,300 VOLUNTEER LITTER PICKERS eyed at 6am down The Rabbit Hole? I left light-headed. So perhaps the the Green Fields,” the florist tells me, competition happened. When we Or dancing in wellies during the third yoga session I headed to next wasn’t “you have to try using a she-wee.” I did it, I think one of our dads went encore by ? Rather than gamble the best idea. As 12 of us sat in the head off in search of one. On the up to Michael and was like, “What with my spiritual sanity, I decided to Lotus position, holding our hands way, I pass the homeopathic clinic. are we going to do? Because they’ve 12,000 500 PAID take action and head to the Green over our hearts and taking deep “Have you got any issues?”Asks the already got tickets!” And he was Fields – where the original spirit of breaths, I wondered if I might pass homeopathic doctor. “Yes, actually, like, “You can get a refund. You LITTER PICKERS Glastonbury remains, it’s said – to out. So I moved on. I’ve got a headache from a gong shouldn’t have to pay”. OIL DRUM BINS try and find some meaning. Being on my own, I wasn’t sure healing I had earlier,” I tell her. She TONNES OF FOOD I made my way past the Wizard I’d be allowed to join the handfasting – nods. And prescribes me belladonna. How does your John Peel slot Library and the Ayurvedic facial integral to pagan wedding ceremonies. “Deadly nightshade,” she explains, compare to your usual gigs? 173 COMPOSTED stall, and past a sign reading “weird I deliberately swerved the Taoist sex adding, “but it's safe.” I head off It’s by far the biggest stage we’ve 1 MONTH TO CLEAR THE SITE is a side effect of awesome”, until massage, too. Instead I opted for a holding my herbal prescription. played, although we are playing at 109 I found myself at Breath Base healing session with Sue Gallagher. Finally, I arrive at the stone 11 in the morning so we’re hoping and booked myself in for a sound Sue uses techniques she picked up in circle. Tibetan monks in red robes for a few early risers. Or people BIN 1,022 TONNES OF healing bath. Ali and Denise use Nepal to perform a hands-on Reiki taking time out from their chanting who’ve not been to bed! PAINTERS conscious breathing techniques and session with a spiritual-healing vibe, sessions stroll past. I head for The RECYCLING the vibrating energy of sound to which is basically a great massage Peace Dome. A shoe-free, alcohol- Excited about anything else? THINGS BAG OF clear blockages and help heal souls. with a good-karma bonus. After free, smoke-free zone where I really want to see Kate Tempest, FOUND ONSITE WALLET It sounded like a good place to start. that I’m energised enough to think women in bindis are meditating by Tame Impala, Cyndi Lauper, Beck. BEARDS STUFFED FULL OF Denise led me through a breathing about attending a spoon-carving candlelight. I join them, sitting on I’ll be trying to do a few quiet CROW technique in which she got me to workshop, but as we’re being shown a pink cushion. I try to focus on things, too. Some poetry, that kind CANONBALL DOLPHIN PICTURES thump my hands on the floor while the technique for whittling a spoon the meaning of life. Instead, I find of thing, because I don’t want to PAPIER-MACHE­ MODEL OF DR WHO panting, which was as embarrassing from a small piece of wood it myself wondering who is playing get carried away or I’ll have no as it sounds. Ali rang crystal singing becomes apparent I’ll be hopeless at the Pyramid Stage tonight. voice left by Sunday. THE FESTIVAL CLEAN-UP OPERATION IN NUMBERS crossword ANSWERS COMMON GROUND BY POET IN RESIDENCE, JODI BICKLEY T R F G R L D E J A V U L A U P E R Everyone is repeating they have no words, But we're full of them. C I T O M A As the camp wakes up to the news, T H A N U P R I S I N G Tents come alive with profanity, N R Y H O It can't be true, can it, really? It is. D O N T P E E S A U N A It's a day none of us have felt less British. E S M C As those around us crack open breakfast wine and shout for revolt. I think we're pretty safe in the knowledge that it's nobody's here fault. S C E N T C O C K U P S So let's trudge on through the mud, A T T N I And sing out loud our protest songs. As the country is divided – in this field we belong, O N E P O U N D H E L L Embrace your fellow Glastonberry, D E R A O T As they are feeling just like you, F L A G O N Y E L L O W Goodbye old friend, We'll miss you a lot, E S S S E N Our little mate the EU. Illustration by STANLEY DONWOOD 4 THE GLASTONBURY FREE PRESS SUNDAY 26TH JUNE 2016 Eat, sleep, “THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS TOO MAD FOR IT” repeat BY PETE PAPHIDES Our onsite agony uncle, Bez, answers Glastonbury goers’ most-pressing questions The Festival is a food utopia for those of the vegan persuasion, As people ponder Brexit over changing your underpants. You gotta people had phones and you had to two swarms this year. It’s quite easy like magic! You wouldn’t believe how says MINNIE WRIGHT breakfast, the mood on Friday change your maracas regularly, if have a proper Glasto, like woah! really. I don’t feed them anything. little some of the seeds are! It trips morning is understandably reflective, you want them ringing sweet. What Know what I mean? Have I arrived They feed themselves and I never me out what grows out of them! Glastonbury is always a treat for but celebrated Happy Mondays shape- do I do with them? I get various with one bunch of mates and left take all the honey off them. You What juice drink would I make? I the vegan palette. For a blissful few thrower and latter-day celebrity different artists to paint every set of with another? Yeah, and some of have to leave some for them, to see get my missus to make them. I never days every summer, the variety of beekeeper Bez is having none of it. maracas I use, so I always give them them are still my mates now. So, no, them through the wintertime – and know what’s in them.” meat-free munches spoils us. Taking For Glastonbury’s 2016 agony uncle, away with a bit of unique art with there’s no such thing as being too mad it helps to maintain their natural one for the team, I set out to taste- the negative effects of Thursday’s maybe a message or two attached for it. Not possible.” defences. Some people take all their Dear Bez, I think I might have test some of the best vegan food on vote have been temporarily offset by to them.” honey and give them shit sugar, but overdone it; will I be okay when offer. It’s a hard life. the restorative effects of breakfast. “I Uncle Bez, how do I decide between not me. I produce loads. I’ve even given I go back to work on Tuesday? forgot to eat yesterday,” explains the My neighbour keeps creeping into halloumi and falafel? They’re both some to schools in Chorlton. So, yes, I How will I cope? JAMES BEATTIE HAPPY MAKI man whose Flying Bus has been one my garden and rotating my large so lovely. NICK STORER recommend it Nathan. It’s a relaxing “It happens to the best of us, James. I William’s Green of the big hits of the Unfairground fruit, specifically my melons. What “I say, why choose? Go for both, pastime.” sometimes find myself crying at the Indulgent quantities is a major selling area. “So that was very necessary.” should I do? RICHARD SKILBECK know what I mean? Except, I’d daftest things after Glastonbury. point here. Peddling supersized rolls His optimism is nothing if not “Heh! heh! Well, my advice is don’t suggest you perhaps don’t have the Dear Bez. I read somewhere that You’ve got to remember though, that resemble a kind of giant sushi infectious. If life is a speeding car, get them twisted! You might end halloumi too close to bedtime because when you first played Happy there’s a low for every high. It’s just burrito, Happy Maki is great value the window is open and Bez is one up like me! No, but seriously, maybe you might get hallouminations! Heh- Mondays gigs, your rider stipulated part of the game. You’ve got to ride and their wraps are guaranteed to happy labrador. After a few minutes your neighbour is trying to help you. heh! No, but seriously, I’m all for a large quantity of Kit-Kats. Is this the waves. Actually, do you know fill you up. The hoisin “duck” is a explaining why the Transatlantic Maybe he’s rotating them so that all excess. What’s that? Why am I so because, nutritionally speaking, what? I find smiling helps. I just delicious meat substitute, but there’s Trade and Investment Partnership the parts of it can see the sun and thin? I have a high metabolism.” a Kit-Kat is a good energy-filled nod and smile, and that makes me a sweet potato option for those who might yet offer us a post-Brexit safety ripen evenly.” festival comestible, and not too happier. Try it!” don’t really dig fake meat. net (Newsnight and Question Time: I’ve lost my make-up mirror – how heavy? WILLIAM OSMAN update your Rolodexes), he picks We’re at our first Glastonbury should I put my make-up on? I “Um. Well, Kit-Kats are nice. But the Should we declare a Free State TEA AND TOAST up the pile of questions submitted Festival, and, having come don’t trust my boyfriend to do it. story isn’t quite true. Shaun [Ryder] of Glastonbury and stay here The Park by revellers seeking the celebrated down from Manchester, we’re AMY LEE once jokingly said that Kit-Kats were forever? LEE FRAZER These cute yellow vans are dotted Chorlton dervish’s wisdom. “I’ve wondering if it’s possible to be too “You’re at Glastonbury now, Amy. his favourite food in an interview – “That’s not such a bad idea, actually. I all over. The Full Vegan means got a bit of previous, where this is “mad for it”? And have you ever Who gives a ****, know what I and so we were sent a huge amount always think it should be a protected serious business, featuring veggie concerned,” he adds, “I used to be an been excessively “mad for it”? mean? If you’re really bothered, you of them. Boxes and boxes. They came National Heritage site for future chorizo, guacamole and roasted red agony uncle for a Japanese magazine. TOM FOLEY could always find some new girl in very useful. Would I recommend generations, because it’s a culturally peppers all in a bun. Grab yourself Bring it on!” “Yeah, well… luckily, you’ve come to friends. Girls like making each other Kit-Kats? Well, these days, I’m a great important event and I’d hate to see one at their place up in The Park to the right place, yeah yeah yeah! This up don’t they?” lover of fruit. I’m a juice man myself. it come to an end. What would we turn it into a full vegan with a view. Dear Bez, do you still have your is my idea of utopia, yeah yeah yeah! That’s what saved me life. I juice do without it? Why can’t we stay original maracas? How do I get the There’s no such thing as too mad for Bez! What top tips do you have every day, man. You get rushes off forever? I think we should! My idea VEGGIES best sound out of my maracas? it. What I say is enjoy the blooming for someone who wants to start it, which is mad! Favourite recipe? I is that one day we should set up a The Green Fields PAUL DUMIGAN magic of the place. The only thing I keeping bees? NATHAN CONNELLY grow me own, so I have fresh garden party and never close! Just bake our Home to the best vegan version “I’m a new maraca man, me. I never would advise is to lose your mobile “I got me first hive for £50, so it’s juice. What do I use? Whatever I’ve own bread and stuff and all do a of the ultimate festival food: the use the same set twice. For me, it’s like phone. It used to be better before pretty easy to get started. I’ve caught got in me garden. Food just grows little bit to keep it going!” cheeseburger. They reckon they’ve got the perfect vegan cheese for the job, half melting vegan cheese on the fryer before slapping it over READY, the burger in a granary bun. The Q&A: BASIL BRUSH added cucumber and lettuce means STEADY... it’s healthy, right? Veggies also boasts We leave tomorrow. Here ALEXIA LOUNDRAS finds out what the dapper fox makes of his first Glastonbury meal combos, some including cake, are CHRIS SALMON’s tips under the Food for a Fiver scheme. Hello Basil. How are you? What Is that intense or in tents? thought, I’ve got to make a beeline for wet. At all. You will be rocking. It’s GANDHI’S FLIP-FLOP LEAVE NO TRACE do you make of your Festival? I suppose it is a little intense. But her and she’s stolen my heart. BOOMING marvellous! West Holts 1 Remember, Mr Eavis wouldn’t I’m fandabbydozy, you know, because actually I’m in a little campervan This stall has all the vegan thali you discard a tent in your garden. I’ve finally arrived in Glastonbury. by the river and you know they’re The Festival is clearly loving you. Have you had a little potter could want, and a lovely creamy It only took me about 72 hours talking about the pound slipping, with We rock, don’t we? Do you know, around the site? coconut korma with vegetables and BE PATIENT There may be to get my little paws through the what’s going on in the news? Well this is my Glastonbury debut. I’ve It’s fantastic. Everyone going around cashew nuts, served with rice and a 2 some delays. But the stewards mud, but it was worth it because my little camper is slipping into the never been here before but I intend eating things, drinking pokey-cola, chapati. But the star of the show is will be doing their very best to get here I am in the most magnificent brook just behind me and I’ve got to to come back by hook or by crook. because I can’t have some of the their banana fry: a battered banana, you home. Kidz Field. I didn’t know this place say, I’m not sure it’s going to still be But what some people don’t realise is big stuff they’re all having. And I sweetened and spiced to perfection, existed because I’ve never been to there when I go over there tonight. Glastonbury is also for kids. I didn’t rocked, last night, till 3am. There I and topped with golden syrup. BE PREPARED Pack some Glastonbury before and all we know that! I’ve been avoiding the place was, this little fox, and I come up to 3 drinks and snacks. And have ever see is the gigantic tetrahedron Don’t foxes live in burrows? thinking it was muddy, but forget the ankles of some of these boogie- PANDEMANIA you had a wee? and Pyramid thingymajiggy on Well you see, I’m one of those urbane that, get here with the kids. They can ers. I could nibble some ankles. Glebeland the telly. But there’s something foxes. You see, I like the countryside build so many things. Pandemania does a whole menu STAY INFORMED Worthy even more magnificent: the Kidz but I’d rather get back to the hotel. Some interesting views from of wood-fired pizzas that are all 4 FM (87.7FM) and Field! There’s thousands of them However, here in Glastonbury What’s the Kidz Field like? down there, too. available with vegan cheese – proof @glastoinfo on Twitter are your here, building things, making things, it makes it all worthwhile. It’s I thought it was better than the That’s why I was there. Oh, don’t that it’s easy to make fantastic food best travel news companions watching shows with myself and magnificent! Do you know who Pyramid Stage. It’s just like being go there. with a good vegan option. They also Mr Stephen, the CBeebies crew are I saw earlier? Christine And The at Wimbledon with the roof on. have faux pepperoni for the more TRAVEL SAFELY Driving here, and we’re all in tents together. Queens. She was fantastic. I saw her We’ve got a nice roof here, so when Basil Brush plays the Kidz Field adventurous. Their sweet treats 5 when not in a fit state to is daft. It’s brilliant! on the Graham Norton Show and I you come to see us, you don’t get Big Top at 5pm include a rich chocolate nut brownie.

THE GREEN MAN Nina Lyon, the GET HYPNOTISED Alan “The ART OF NOISE Turner Prize affected by stroke, are in the Green DUBFIRE IN THE GLADE The author of Uprooted: On The Trail Sandman” Sands will be on hand winning artist Martin Creed brings Futures field raising awareness and seminal house/techno producer will Of The Green Man, talks about for some late-night hypnotism in his surreal art-pop-punk project to offering free blood pressure checks be performing his animation and looking for the meaning behind the the Astrolabe Theatre at 12.25am. the Avalon Café at 7.30pm. audio Hybrid Live show at 10.35pm. folkloric image at the Free University Expects some twisted melons and FOOD FIGHT! The Common’s Of Glastonbury. The discussion plenty of laughs. WHAT DOES THE FUTURE legendary tomato fight gets under JUST LIKE THAT Bradford-born begins at 1pm. HOLD? Writer, broadcaster and way at the Temple at 6pm. If you’re magician Dynamo brings his mind- KICK OUT THE JAMS Test out northern soul fanatic Paul Mason not quite mucky enough, there’s a boggling tricks to the Kidz Field Big CARE IN THE GLASTONBURY your frontman poses by singing with hosts a discussion on the future UV paint fight at 12.45am. Top today for a kids only show. COMMUNITY Kate Tempest a live rock ’n’ roll band at Bread And (or lack of it) of capitalism with delivers more fierce, lyrical spoken- Roses’ Rockaoke session at 5pm. Amina Gichinga and Nick Srnicek in REWIND! Eddy Temple Morris GIVE YOURSELF NIGHTMARES word gems as part of her Welfare Leftfield at 12noon. beds in at Jagz’s Acid Lounge in the Russian theatre troupe Unit, backed by beat-heavy grime HOUSE PARTY The Greco-Roman Unfairground for an epic FEEL LIKE A MUG? Get the official blackSKYwhite perform their from Dan Carey, Kwake Bass and label, the imprint set up by Hot THE STROKE ASSOCIATION The session from 11.45pm until 5am. souvenir Glastonbury 2016 enamel terrifying Imitator Dei (Imitation Alex Gent. Kicks off at 1am on Chip’s Joe Goddard, host a marathon Festival’s Health Charity of the Year, Expect Plump DJs, Dub Pistols and mug from our Info points (where of God) show at the Astrolabe Monday at WOW! session at The Beat Hotel from 9pm the UK’s leading charity for people Stanton Warriors. they peddle help and advice too). Theatre at 11.30pm.