GLASTONBURY, THE ANNUAL coming-of-age and coming-together ritual for the young in years and young in spirit, has grown a little formulaic and predictable. The spectacular mass gathering, with its roots in the early 1970s and now as essential a feature on the summer social calendar as Henley Regatta, may be suffering from the
sclerosis of longevity and the psychological reverberation of the high steel fence that now surrounds the site to keep the most anarchic revellers out.
In 2007, Emily Eavis, the daughter of founder Michael, the visionary farmer with non-conformist roots, took over the programming ...
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