Glastonbury festival

Glastonbury festival: September one-day event not going ahead

Organiser Emily Eavis says, ‘for a number of reasons’, the festival team are focusing on the family campsite opening this week on Worthy Farm

Laura Snapes

21, Jul, 2021 @9:39 AM

TV tonight: the troubling history of Ghislaine Maxwell

Barbara Shearer’s docuseries aims to get to the heart of the socialite’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Plus: Jo Whiley is backstage at Worthy Farm. Here’s what to watch this evening

Ammar Kalia, Hannah Verdier, Graeme Virtue, Ellen E Jones and Simon Wardell

27, Jun, 2021 @5:00 AM

Raves from the grave: lost 90s subculture is back in the spotlight

Driven by a ‘groundswell’ of young devotees and fortysomething nostalgia, a series of events is celebrating the youth movement

James Tapper

26, Jun, 2021 @5:00 PM

TV tonight: behind the scenes at Glastonbury in the 1990s

BBC Two travels back in time to a scorching decade of Glastonbury festivals. Plus: Gregg Wallace dons the lederhosen to tuck in to schnitzel and beer. Here’s what to watch this evening

Ammar Kalia, Jack Seale, Graeme Virtue, Hannah Verdier and Simon Wardell

25, Jun, 2021 @5:20 AM

‘They thought we were terrorists’: meet Joe Rush, the master of mutoid art and king of Glastonbury

The punky master of outsider art was once a pariah, thrown out of Britain for his anarchist ways. Now, he’s a national treasure. Joe Rush relives 40 years of sticking it to the ‘straight world’

Stuart Jeffries

24, Jun, 2021 @2:39 PM

Carnage, chaos, Coldplay: Glastonbury at home is a sad, brilliant reminder of real life

While 2020’s highlights package in place of the cancelled music festival offered solace, this time round it feels like a case of aggressive Fomo

Joel Golby

19, Jun, 2021 @10:00 AM

‘Frances made this happen!’ Jo Whiley on how her sister saved lives in the pandemic

The DJ was offered a vaccine before her learning disabled sister, who caught the disease. She discusses Frances’s illness, the campaign to change the priority list and the return of Glastonbury

Emine Saner

17, Jun, 2021 @5:00 AM

How to avoid the summer of sport: Britain’s cultural highlights

Key figures share their top cultural tips for those seeking to escape wall-to-wall coverage

Libby Brooks, Maya Wolfe-Robinson, Sarah Marsh, Alex Mistlin

15, Jun, 2021 @1:20 PM

Live at Worthy Farm review – beautiful music marred by technical meltdown

Access problems mean this could be remembered as a failure – but the filmed performances, from Coldplay’s twinkling spectacular to Kano’s dynamic theatre, are superb

Alexis Petridis

23, May, 2021 @11:04 AM

Technical fault blights Glastonbury streamed event Live at Worthy Farm

Ticketholders were initially unable to access online concert owing to faulty access codes but event will be shown again

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

23, May, 2021 @10:47 AM

Glastonbury has never been about the music. Like bitcoin, it’s about emotional evangelism

The festival livestream misses the point – the collective energy of the crowd is a vital part of the Glastonbury experience

Ed Cumming

23, May, 2021 @6:30 AM

Live at Worthy Farm: follow along with Glastonbury’s livestreamed festival

With a lineup including Coldplay, Michael Kiwanuka, Haim and Wolf Alice, Glastonbury’s livestreamed show is the next best thing to being there. Follow along here as it airs online