Pyramid stageWith a genuinely surprise appearance from the Cure’s Robert Smith and a magnificent theatricality to her lovelorn songs, Rodrigo totally steals the entire festival Olivia Rodrigo’s first Glastonbury appearance in 2022 was the stuff of minor legend. Aged 19, already the author of an 18m selling debut album, but […]
Month: June 2025
Through decades of anti-racist campaigning, I have seen that peaceful, direct action can be the only way to get results Suresh Grover is founder of the Southall Monitoring Group and has led campaigns to help the families of Stephen Lawrence, Zahid Mubarek and Victoria Climbié The facts are not disputed. […]
Although gen Z may be getting laid less than their elders, they’re resisting older definitions of sex and gender – in the face of the right’s bid for bodily control The journalist perched on a stool in a corner of the bedroom, pen in hand, ready to jot down the […]
Pyramid stageBacked by Mick Hucknall, Ronnie Wood and Lulu, Stewart brings fiddles, sax and star-spangled buttocks to this genial teatime set The triumphant blare of bagpipes, playing Scotland the Brave, announce the start of Rod Stewart’s set in the legends slot on Pyramid stage on Sunday. Despite the blazing heat, […]
In Ukraine, three years of war have taken a huge toll on the relationships of those in combat– and experts say society must start to address the problem Photographs by Anastasia Vlasova When her husband went off to help defend Ukraine against Russia’s invasion in 2022, Yulia stayed at home […]
Other stagePlaying to a dizzyingly huge crowd, for many this is Saturday’s true headlining set: a bawdy and uncompromising icon playing alone with no frills For my money, one of the best pop tours of the 21st century was Kanye West’s Yeezus tour. Like the album it was supporting, the […]
As Mr Doodle, Sam Cox found a global audience and made a fortune with his signature scrawls covering furniture, clothes – and eventually an entire house. But behind the scenes, he was unravelling into psychosis From the road, it’s barely visible; glimpsed, maybe, if peered at with cheeks pressed against […]
It started as a group of activists on a budget – now it could be banned under terrorism laws. But were lobbyists behind the proposed ban? If this interview had taken place in a week’s time, Huda Ammori might have been arrested. If this interview had been published in a […]
West Holts stageFrom Rod Stewart to Keir Starmer, no one is safe from the Irish group’s ire, as the weekend’s most talked-about set became a mosh-heavy, provocation-filled melee Mosh pits and mayhem: Kneecap play Glastonbury – in pictures It is perhaps worth recalling Kneecap’s appearance at last year’s Glastonbury, a […]
This scandalous story gives lie to the claim that the biggest threat to country life comes from city dwellers Power hides by setting us against each other. This is never more true than in the countryside, where the impacts of an extreme concentration of ownership and control are blamed on […]