MICHAEL WOOD ON…
“For the historian Glastonbury is a conundrum, full of invented stories”
t’s almost that time of year when fans of Glastonbury Festival would normally be airing sleeping bags and checking the camping stove. We’ve been going for years and are feeling especially sad that it’s off for a second year running. And it’s not just the festival. It’s always great to return to the “Summer Land”, as medieval poets etymologised From the hill above the Pyramid stage, the Tor with its mysterious manmade striations rises like a magic mountain – beckoning.
