Glastonbury 2024

The singer’s greatest hits came from the years he spent as a struggling songwriter chronicling messy, itinerant lives — Will Hodgkinson picks five of his best

Any reunion will sell out in hours — turning next year not into another battle of Blur v Oasis but Radiohead v Oasis. Bring it on, we say

Two million people were undeterred by the price of Glastonbury tickets, but smaller events are struggling and their importance to the economy is becoming clear

Plus a grade II* listed art deco house in Caerphilly, a barn conversion near Glastonbury, a Norfolk cottage, a former mill near Perth and a lochside boathouse

Sir, Libby Purves is right to say that “ a cull of octogenarians is a blunt instrument ” for reducing the size of the House of Lords (comment, Jul 12)....

We may snack on Netflix, but these days what we really want to binge is Taylor Swift and Gareth’s boys — surrounded by friends and strangers

What it lacks in global stars the Sounds Beautiful festival makes up for with flat-Earthers, antivaxers and Putinites, plus raves against 15-minute cities, 5G networks and the new world order

Hardly anyone saw the best performer of the weekend, Tom Cruise loves Coldplay and Sugababes are so big it’s a health and safety issue. Here’s what we’ll remember about this year’s festival

The singer’s Sunday headline slot on the Pyramid stage felt more suited to a faceless stadium than Britain’s most beloved festival

SZA had an extravagant headline show on the Pyramid stage while the National served smooth sadness on the Other stage