Mike digs deep for Glastonbury Festival
IT’S a bright, but blustery day and though the gates of the festival have yet to open, the site is a hive of activity.

4x4s dart about, security staff have already appeared to help direct the deliveries to the right place, and tractors haul piles of earth around the site.

Mike Brine, the festival’s 60-year-old field manager, is hard at work near the Pyramid Stage.

He lives in Somerton, and he’s been working at Worthy Farm since 1972, digging reservoirs and the infamous long-drop…

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DAYS OUT: Bank holiday weekend guide to events in the West
Hay-on-Wye Festival, Herefordshire: May 22 – June 1
The internationally renowned book festival which attracts stars such as Judi Dench, Stephen Fry and Benedict Cumberbatch.
Festival goers from the West are being warned to check the availability of tickets on-line because many events have already sold out and use public transport as much as possible.
Hereford is the nearest train station and there is a bus link to the festival site.
Shuttle buses run between the site and Hay-on-Wye with…

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Stairway to Glastonbury heaven unlikely
Fans hoping for a few bars of Stairway to Heaven when Robert Plant plays Glastonbury could be disappointed.
Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters will star at the annual extravaganza at Glastonbury Abbey in August.
But even without the current copyright case over the song, Plant has made it clear he’s not always a fan of playing what is regarded as one of the best rock songs of all time.
The copyright infringement action is being taken on behalf of late guitarist Randy California, who played…

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Recipe: Aloo Gobi (cauliflower with potatoes)by Romy Gill of…
Romy Gill opened her restaurant, Romy’s Kitchen, in Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, at the end of last year. It specialises in healthy, nutritious Indian food, and the restaurant in Castle Street is the culmination of five years’ hard work. The menu is made up of dishes such as the aloo gobi – cauliflower with potatoes – featured here.

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