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THURSDAY JUNE 22ND, 2011, 4.35pm: SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO FIGHT WITH MUSIC. This mural, by Park artist Lynden Mallinson, was designed forPyramid performers to contemplate as they wait to go on stage. Social cohesion is something weve been working towards since the 1980s, said Michael Eavis,as he strolled through the festival yesterday. This is socialism with a small s; politics with a small p. We walk the walk, rather than just talk the talk; everyonehere knows what were about, thats why theyre not chucking beer bottles around. Photo: David Mirzoeff

Worthy farm walks no 401 gastronomic glastonbury

A leg and belly stretch from the Pyramid to the heart of the Markets with glimpses of themagical and mind-bending in Kidzeld, Avalon, Theatre and Circus and West Holts.

Time: allow 2.5 hours / View rating:Refreshment rating:

1 After a quick half from the Cider Bus in the Village Green and a toe-tap at theBandstand, in the lane opposite, set off East along the Markets alley towards MeetingPoint, which was commissioned by Michael and built in Appledore Dockyard in the

nineties. The opulent ower arrangements are by Bob St Barb, creator of the FestivalOfce window boxes.

2 Through the trees glimpse red-roofed Goose Hall the festival canteen serving 15,000meals to hungry litter-pickers, loo-cleaners, site crew and green police. No mean feat.The Do funny (Michaels Mums name for the outdoor dining room) is built from oldparts of the Pyramid stage.

3 Take a right at the cross-roads and take a moment for a beer and quick mid-morningboogie at the Meeting Point Bar.

4 Before you get sucked into the Markets, head Northwards into the colourful world ofthe Kidzeld, where you might catch a glimpse of Rastamouse or the Gruffalo. Make aclockwise circuit of Kidzeld, enjoying the shows, arts, crafts, face paints, games, ridesand a climb up the magic castle at the Northern end of the eld.

5 If you can drag yourself away, leave the Kidzeld by the Eastern exit and wander intothe Acoustic eld or Normans Close, named after the elds former owner. The gloriousblue Kyam tent with big scoops is the Acoustic Stage, formerly host to rock legends RayDavis, Marianne Faithful and this year to Suzanne Vega.

6 Spend a moment in the ickering gloom of the Pilton Palais Cinema Tent to sampletheir eclectic line-up before a quick half and a packet of crisps at The Cockmill Barnext door, (or Common Ground caf for something more sober) before exiting by theSouthwest corner

7 Head South through Glebeland, passing the Blazing Saddles stage on your left, takingin some high-energy theatrical acrobatics at the Astrolabe. Take the right exit and pausein the Hurly Burly Caf for tea and cake. If darkness has already fallen, watch out fordistortions of time and space by Dream Engine.

8 Turn right into the Circus Field, keeping an eye out for zip-wire act Pirates of theCarabina, or astounding aerial show Insect Circus. Spend a moment marvelling at thisspectacular world.

9 Take a left and head to the West Holts stage for one of the undoubtedly amazingafternoon acts, and refresh yourself at Brothers or West Holts bar. The food in this eldis amazing shishas and the best mint tea on site at Moorish; French sausages and redwine at Le Grand Boeuf - and guess what at the Goan Seafood Curry Shop.

10 Turn back North up the main Market drag, if you can still move, and buy yourself thecustom-made guitar and driftwood key ring you never knew you needed. Try to ignorethe temptations of the Strumpets with Crumpets or equally seductive Tapas Patatas, onyour way so youve still got space for a nal snack at the Filipino kitchen... yum.

NB. There are green loos opposite Meeting Point, if you need them.

Head to your nearestOxfam shop torevitalise your

festival wordrobe.Everything

from outrageousheadwear to ballgowns!

Just Do *nate* It

A marvelous beast hidden somewhere on site, created by artist Ray Brooks. Where is it?Find the answer in Tomorrows Firelighter. Yesterdays answer: Surrounded by owers and reunited people, the sculpture is at the top ofthe Lefteld Tower at Meeting Point, close to the Information Tent.

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NEWS FROM THEOUTSIDEWORLD

Solar ImpulseEUROPE The mission for global circum-navigation by solar-powered plane is on!Last week the Solar Impulse landed in LeBourget, Paris after a 16 hour journeyfrom Brussels. The crew are currentlywaiting for some sunshine to rechargetheir batteries.

543 DaysThe two French journalists Ghesquireand Taponier plus three guides are stillbeing held hostage. On their 543rd dayas captives, The Firelighter joins Report-ers without Borders in demanding theirimmediate release.

WombledonDefending champion Serena Williamscame back from losing her opening setyesterday to avoid a second round lossagainst teenager Simona Halep. TheAmerican, recovering from illness andinjury, went on to win 3-6, 6-2, 6-1.

Free Beer (almost)Cans of beer were selling at 17p at a

major supermarket yesterday due to apricing blunder. Instead of advertising4 off 12 cans, the sign read a total of4! Word spread fast; a lucky break forthose on their way to site. Gonna be agood Glastonbury, posted Andrew en-route.

You shop, You drop,WE MOP

Clearing up yourmess for 40 years

BADGE OF BELONGINGHow long do you wear your wristband?

By AMABEL CROWE

WHY DO some people wear theirwristband for months, even years? Per-haps its a natural human instinct theneed to belong. Keeping them on is like being part of the massive festival-goingcommunity all year round. Festivalsare amazing at shaking off social con-ventions suddenly it is OK to talk tostrangers, to have a pint for breakfastor to wear a tutu everywhere. Whetherworker or punter you are part of some-thing at a festival. Although your oldfestival wristband is not a license to be

drunk at 11am and wear a tutu to work,it is a way of breaching the real-world/festival-world divide. Where are all thefestival people in real life?! Sometimesit seems that the amazing, wondrouslyfriendly, happy people at festivals sim-ply do not exist outside the gates. Justas festivals break down social conven-tions, the stress of twenty-rst centurylife outside soon erodes the peace andlove lifestyle. Those old wristbands areverication that we are the same peo-ple, both sides of the fence

Thursday WASthe new Friday

FROM KEI$HA and Ms Dynamite inDance, Sensi & Kush in the Markets,to the Baggy Mondays at the Stone-bridge Bar, Thursday night was MAS-SIVE. Braving squashy walkways, withundaunted Glastonbury spirit, festival-goers ramped up the energy for thestart of this, now ofcially, FOUR-DAYfestival!

The Firelighter reports scenes of highenergy revelry hitting the site earlierthan ever before: I saw ve peoplefreaking out to drum and bass in aminiscule venue near Meeting Point,reported Lesley from Taunton, Peopleare already dancing their wellies off!

Pace yourselves guys, were in it forthe long haul here! According to Mi-chael Eavis, to do the festival properlyyou have to trek at least 10 miles a day.Great for your abs and abs (we read itin the Sun, so it must be true).

Tonight, theres Bono, Mumford, TheCoral and Chase & Status to choose from,as well as Cee Lo, Katy B, Annie Mac,plus Crystal Castles for the night birds.

And so, the Firelighter Collectivecommands: No early burnouts please!

By RUBY TUESDAY

Did You Know?Glastonbury recycles 50% of allwaste on site, nearly double the nationalaverage, and is aiming for 55% this year...

LOST AND FOUND

GOOSEY OPENING HOURS P7

Welcome toNaughty Corner

By MS WHIPLASH

THE EXCITEMENT was tangible lastnight as the notorious Naughty Corner(Block 9, The Common, Shangri-La)lled up with vile miscreants marvel-ling at post-apocalyptic creations un-til the small hours. Book your slot fordecontamination before escaping to a brave new world via the Skywalk, youreyrie above the squalid, pox-ridden un-fortunates below.

I Heard it at the WIBy MRS MARGERY JAM

IF YOU WANT hot showbiz gossip,forget the News of the World and turnto the Somerset dailies. Michael Eavisrevealed this years Pyramid headlin-ers at a Womens Institute meeting lastNovember, as minuted and diligentlypublished by the Local Papers whowere delighted when they got the scoopthe nationals wait for year round: Wealways publish the WI minutes, ex-plained a local editor, we often receivefeedback from the women of Somerset, but I didnt realise these reports wouldgo viral, as they say.

Michael Eavis acknowledged the im-pact the locals have played: Through theyears the local paper has upped the anteand inadvertently helped my cause!

But its not all out there in the meeja;Michaelss still got a few surprises uphis sleeve. WATCH THIS SPACE.

Clean and GreenA MESSAGE TO all you Green Trav-ellers: the solar showers and composttoilets are in the cyclist camping eld.Come and pedal your own smoothieand debate environmental issues!

And dont miss Happy Hour in theGreenpeace showers from 4-5pm daily.

Maps by Hannah Bailey

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Political YogaTHE STONE CIRCLE

By ANGELICA CLYTSOME

Established 1970

Perfect BurgerHandcrafted, Succulent and made frompremium beefNear to Meeting Point

Jhal Muri Indian SnacksIts authentic! But its pounds notrupees Next to Bourbon Street Bar

Jamon JamonOversized paella pans and helpingsto matchOpposite Bourbon Street

Spuds and spices

Jacket potatoes with an exotic twistOpposite the Cider Bus

Fire in the HoleNot as spicy as it soundsHonest to goodness pizza ovenOn route from Pyramid Stage toThe Bread and Roses

Catch & GrillThe best sh this side of the Torridge

THE FIRELIGHTER RECOMMENDS

FOODfor a fiver !The Firelighter scoutsout NOSH FOR UNDER 5CATCH & GRILLTHE BEST FISH THIS SIDE OF THE TORRIDGE

Near The Bread and Roses,215, Festival Avenue, Glastonshire

NOT SO SUSHI

STEWED AND BAKEDFILLING SOUPS AND STEWS

FOR UNDER A FIVER

NEAR LEFT FIELD, RIGHT OF CENTRE,WORTHY FARM

Delicious parcelsof Japanese food (So quite Sushi after all)PYRAMID SQUARE

CUBOID CIRCLENIPPON KOKU

TOASTIES ON THE MOVEQUICK AND YUMMY

IF YOURE I N A HURRYOpposite Kidzeld

Avalon Alley

P i l t o n P A ST ALocal Italian, Opposite Kidzfield, Tagliat Alley, SomerseT

O wad some Powr the giftie gie usTo see oursels as others see us

ROBERT BURNS

A beautifully-crafted stage with somesurprising gigs and walkabout acts in

the heart of the markets!

THE BAND STAND The market - Worthy Farm - Pilton

Strummerville Biggest Camp re of the

festival and site ofimpromptu acoustic

sessions until dawn.

IN MEMORY OF JOE STRUMMER

The Unfair Ground

The Treehouse Caf -

Chilhood dreams of theultimate treehouse with theadded bonus of tea and cake

Surrounded by

centenarian trees !

Find us in e Park!

Enter!

Avant-garde adventuroustheatre cum circus in an

ampitheatre built fromreclaimed lock gate!

Campo Pequeno

The Glastonbury Firelighter, continuing to challenge and provoke even thoughreason is dead, history is over, the self is fractured and knowledge is hopelesslyenmeshed in oppressive relations of power.

Croissant neuf

The loudest solarpowered stage in

the world

Green Fields

FirestartersO P I N I O N S

FROMOPINIONATED

PEOPLE

OCALLAGHAN... FRID AY 2 4TH J UNE, 2011

IT IS NO accident that the Old Englishword Orgasm begins with the letterO. O is for Omega, the be all and endall. O is for the human facial expressionof ecstasy. O is for Om Shanti, the peacethat passes all understanding!

The great philosopher Wilhelm Reichargued powerfully that orgasm couldsave the world. I agree!

Likewise, the esteemed auteur,Woody Allen, updated this thinking fora new generation with the invention ofthe Orgasmatron in his marvellous epicSleeper.

Well, we are all sleepers through lifeuntil fully awakened to the full forceof Chi, through the transformationalpower of orgasm!

O is also for the Stone Circle, sym- bolic of all that we hold dear in youthculture today. As I have written in my book, it was my second husband Raviwho introduced me to the joys of Tan-tra. Ravi was able to maintain an erec-

tion for hours, and I would sit astride hispowerful thighs staring into his eyesDear Ravi, he taught me so much, andalthough he looked rather frog like withhis large belly and bulging eyes he hada natural afnity for gold which heattracted rapidly in his travel agency business, but that is another story.

Festival goers, I urge you on this midsummers eve to express your deepestself. Gather at the Stone Circle, now isthe moment for sacred Congress! And asthe great Paul Simon sings, if you cant be with the one you love, love the oneyoure with!angelclyt.wordpress.com @angelclyt

Did You Know?

the Master Musicians of Joujoukawill be opening the Pyramid to thesound of Moroccan Su trance beforethree days and nights of music in theTipi Zone. They were declared byTimothy Leary to be a 4000 year oldRocknRoll band...

The Scrut Run How Funny is That? By BRIGID McCONVILLE, DIRECTOR OF THE WHITE RIBBON ALLIANCE

MOST OF YOU wouldnt dream of making a racist joke, and youd feel uncom-fortable around people who do. Same goes for aggression against gay people. Its just wrong, right? So why is it still okay to make remarks about girls and women?

We hear them all the time, and frequently from the same young men who pridethemselves on not being racist or homophobic. When someone misses the ball: dont be such a girl. When you question it: But its a fact women cant play football!.

Women arent funny. (Youd never generalize like that about a black person).No but black people have got Chris Rock! (Yes, but women have got Tina Fey,Miranda Hart, Shazia Mirza) Theyre not funny.

MILF. Hey older women, you should be so lucky! (FILF is kind of different,isnt it?)

The Scrut Run. Thats when older boys drive by the school to take a look at theyoung girls who theyd L to F.

Does all this matter? Zoom out to a global view.In modern conict, its more dangerous to be a woman than to be a soldier: 70%

of those killed in wars these days are women or children. Girls in some Africancountries are more likely to die in childbirth than to go to school. Of the 188 electedleaders in the world, 16 are women. Young women are six times more likely to haveHIV and AIDs than young men. Women do two thirds of the worlds work, earn10% of the worlds income and own one per cent of the property.

Thats bad, but thats not England Ok, lets talk about England. Here womendont get the same pay as men (in the City they get a third less for the same work).Every year, 30,000 women a year lose their jobs because they are pregnant and threemillion women in the UK experience rape or domestic violence. Anxiety, eatingdisorders, self-harm and depression are endemic among girls. Nearly half of youngpeople know girls who have been pressurized or forced into sex; nearly half knowgirls who have been hit by their boyfriends. In this country there are more MPscalled Dave than there are women in Parliament. 96% of company bosses are men.

In many countries, women arent even allowed to own land. It happens in the UKtoo; farmers still pass the land on to their sons. And what about the music business?

Leading US journalists Kristoff and Wudunn argue in their book Half the Skythat the liberation of women is the great political struggle of the coming century just as the abolition of slavery was to the past. Theyre not joking.

Nothing New Under the Sun SUNDAY 24TH JUNE 1990

Awopbopaloobop By CASPAR LLEWELLYN SMITHCATACLYSMS AND crises are rocking economies and the environment, andanyone whose growing up has involved the idea that pop and the state-of-the na-

tion are linked reecting and in turn informing upon each other might like toask: whats the meaning of music now? Some will argue that weve reached a kindof cultural plateau, a state of homogeneity distinguished chiey from other eras byits reliance upon the steady exhumation of the past. Everything is available, fromany era, from anywhere, and every opinion is given equal billing; and in this white-collar age of over-abundance, little is afforded much value. The capacity for music tochallenge current orthodoxies feels increasingly circumscribed, and the creative de-struction voiced by a Little Richard is now something prized by the neo-cons and theneo-liberals.

It is in this context that those acts who understand that its their duty to grapplewith such questions at least deserve attention. Of those playing the festival thisyear, controversy has surrounded U2 in particular, because of their tax arrange-ments, but also because of what some see as their bombast their naked desireto mean something as pop culture warps and the world turns. But even someonewhod baulk at describing themselves as a fan can see this: rather a band with anappreciation of the tightrope they walk, a band with an ethical framework for theiractions, than one whose rhetoric will only ever ring empty.

SERVICES GUIDE

Visit WaterAid at our stand by the Pyramid stage

Registered charity numbers 288701 (England and Wales) and SC039479 (Scotland)

www.wateraid.org

Shangri La

Skywalk

A prime vantage point

for the newly purified

to survey the filthy

Shangri-La dwellers below

Did You Know? Glastonbury donates 2 million to chari-ties and local causes every year. Our BigThree WaterAid, Oxfam and Greenpeace spend it on water access projects, ght-ing for the rights of the poor and savingthe planet. Closer to home, the moneysconstructed a local skate park, refurbishedthe Pilton Working Mens Club (for womentoo) and built affordable housing, amongstmany other initiatives...