Brexit was the headliner – but Glastonbury restored my faith in Britain

Who cares about a music festival when the country is falling apart? Actually, says Hadley Freeman, it is one of the best places to be when the real world succumbs to panic, prejudice and outright liesThis year’s Glastonbury, I assumed beforehand, would have little to distinguish it. If anything, it looked like it would be remarkable for being so unremarkable. After a run of a fair few years in which the festival hosted attention-grabbing, controversy-courting and genuinely exciting perfor...

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