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In London I am prone to sulk if my chilled white wine is served in a glass that is not to my taste but sat in a muddy field in Somerset I'll happily sip warm plonk from a plastic bottle.

I draw the line at watching Coldplay but to make the most of Glastonbury you need to get stuck in.

By Andrew Williams

Last week's column on Glastonbury got me thinking about one of the great green conundrums.

Is it greener to get lots of people together at the same time, or have lots of smaller events at a local level?

By Andrew Williams

This weekend many Wharfers will be leaving the comfort of their desks for the harsher terrain of this year's Glastonbury festival.

As ever most eyes will be nervously looking skyward to see if the heavens open or the sun shines.

In the summer of 1995 it was the song you could not escape. Staying Out For The Summer by Dodgy evokes memories of sunny days, festivals and a Brit Pop explosion.

Dodgy were at the forefront of the new wave, following up the big summer hit with Good Enough.

By Andrew Williams

We got a touch of festival fever last week with the Canary Wharf Park Sounds. Festivals on a slightly larger scale have become inescapable in recent years. Where once the summer began with Glastonbury and ended with Reading, there is now not a free weekend for months.

THERE will be a whole lot of Shaky going on when one of British music's most enduring stars plays the Indigo2 next month.

Shakin' Stevens, famed for 1980s hits like Green Door and This Ole House, will take to the stage on Saturday, December 13, and he promises it will be a party night to remember.