Called to the bar (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Here’s an experiment: on the way back to Somerset from a tasting (ooh look there’s Newbury dashing past), I decide I want a drink with my packet of crisps. Arkells 3B, Strongbow, Carlsberg or Guinness? What a choice, and all in cans. I plump for the latter, I haven’t drunk it out of a can for years and recently have been enjoying the odd pint at various rugby clubs as I follow my...
Truth In Shredding (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
A mystery English celebrity living in Monaco has commissioned the ultimate in heavy metal - a classic electric guitar plated in 24-carat gold. The Fender Stratocaster was sent to a precious metal specialist firm in Glastonbury, Somerset, for plating costing a "four-figure" sum. Expert Graham Baker, 50, had the job of stripping the aluminium guitar down and layering it with gold plate. He...
ExpoSay (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Lily Allen wants to build a country house in Glastonbury. The 'Fear' singer has been a regular at the Somerset town's famous music festival since she was a child, and now wants to build a house nearby - with a tent built on the side.
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Lily Allen wants to build a country house in Glastonbury.The 'Fear' singer has been a regular at the Somerset town's famous music festival since she was a child, and...
Caroline's Miscellany (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Like a cousin to Glastonbury Tor, Burrow Mump rises unexpectedly from more level countryside and is topped by a church. Both words, 'burrow' and 'mump', mean hill - which perhaps emphasises just how striking its appearance is. Despite appearances, the hill is a natural one; it has probably been used as a place of worship for the past millennium. There have also been attempts to associated it with King...
iCelebZ.com (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Lily Allen wants to build a country house in Glastonbury. The "Fear" singer has been a regular at the Somerset town's famous music festival since she was a child, and now wants to build a house nearby - with a tent built on the side. Lily told Q magazine: "My plan is to build a yurt on to the side of my country house." "You have the house for traditional living and, of course,...
Nan Hawthorne's Booking the Middle Ages (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Helen Hollick is the author of the Pendragon's Banner Trilogy, the latest of which is book two, Pendragon's Banner . You can read a review of the book today at That's All She Read and a full treatment next week on Historical Novel Review . In honor of the Pendragon's Banner blog tour, Ms. Hollick was kind enough to time travel to late tenth century Enlgand to meet with Kerrick Trevalyan, a Cornish...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
Tickets for the 2010 Glastonbury Music Festival in Somerset have sold out.
Chasing Balloons! (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
Sunday morning brought us lots of sunshine for a Bath launch. The normal crew of two swelled to four as Chris came out to see if he could hack being a 'balloon chaser'. We were also joined by Pete, friend of the pilot, who is a qualified pilot working towards getting his commercial license, he also gave a hand. Launch was 'normal' with a flight East/slightly South East. Pilot had trouble finding suitable...
Speculation (Free subscription) | 03/10/2009
About 20 or so years ago I was living in a little town called Glastonbury, in Somerset. There was a guy there called Bruce and he ran the local hippie newspaper. I wrote an article for that newspaper in which I spoke about the absurdity of little hippie new age crystal shops (or shoppes, perhaps) which sold pieces of lapis lazuli, amethyst, rose quartz, etc. for use in supposed healing of various kinds...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
Somerset Football Association moves into its new £750,000 office headquarters in Glastonbury.
Dorset Wedding Photography Blog (Free subscription) | 22/09/2009
We had been looking forward to Anna & James’ wedding ever since we first met with them in Glastonbury and they told us a little about their plans. We were thrilled when they had chosen us to photograph their big day! We then met them a month before the wedding day to see the church where [...]
Avalonian Aeon Publications (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
Suddenly felt compelled to blog-up an extract from my upcoming Avalonian Aeon where I sing the praises of the astonishing John Cowper Powys. A Glastonbury Romance by John Cowper Powys has been described by Colin Wilson as, “Possibly the greatest novel of the twentieth century, and one of the great mystical masterpieces of all time.” Along with Gurdjieff, I’d first become aware of...
Breaking More Waves (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
This week Breaking More Waves is off to its last UK summer festival, one of our favourites; Bestival . Whilst we're there we'll be rolling out our DJ alter ego Hojo Hits again to play at the pre Bestival party at Waverley Park in Cowes, Isle Of Wight. For anyone coming expect to hear a fair few tunes from artists we've been blogging about this year. So whilst we are enjoying the festival, we'll be...
Transition Culture (Free subscription) | 04/09/2009
On May 30th 2009, Transition Glastonbury hosted an event called ‘Somerset in Transition’, which brought together people involved in Transition initiatives from across the county. Speakers included Jeremy Leggett, Shaun Chamberlin and Jacqi Hodgson. A young budding film maker, Jack Thompson-Roylance, from Glastonbury, brought along his camera and made a short film about the day. [...]
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