Glastonbury
A Very Viking Party
With his vast array of talents, you could say Dan Swann is a Renaissance Man, but you’d be a few hundred years off the mark.
Real Faeries, some Goths, and a bloke in armour
Early March and Glastonbury town centre is heaving – it’s the weekend of the Spring Faery Ball. I’m sat outside the Mocha Berry and I spy a dog wearing wings and a red tutu. Carl informs me that ‘the vicar’ (actually Diana, the Church of England’s ‘Avalon Pioneer Minister’) is in the Assembly Rooms wearing … Read more
Buskers, Occultists and Pizza – Spring in Glastonbury
A Normal for Glastonbury Spring weekend – featuring a jazz band, satanists and pizza.
I Don’t Do Workshops
I don’t go to workshops. I’m not really a joining in person I guess. I’m horrified at the idea of dancing blindfold, singing bhajans, anything that might involve sitting in a circle talking about feelings
Glastonbury’s Philosophising Pavement Artist
A couple of weeks ago I was making my way up the High Street on an exceedingly gray morning when I saw this in front of me: This chalk mandala, both beautiful and ephemeral, cheered me up considerably. I snapped a quick photo, and posted it up on the Normal For Glastonbury Facebook Page. Thanks to … Read more
Naked Woman Walking Into Glastonbury
I recently posted a video on my Normal For Glastonbury facebook page of a woman walking down Chilkwell Street. She looks unhurried, calm, in fact totally unremarkable, but for the fact she is naked, in the street, in England, in February. I heard about the naked woman from a friend, she posted on Facebook and … Read more
Sonus Magus – Glastonbury’s Magical Music Shop
I finally ventured into Mark’s shop ‘Sonus Magus’ to talk about music, Glastonbury and autism. I began by asking ‘what brought him to Glastonbury?’
Winter, Starlings and Snot.
It feels like everyone in Glastonbury has entered hibernation this Winter.
Christmas in Glastonbury High Street
Lots of twinkly lights and tasteful trees, some tinsel, a stuffed fox in a cape and a fairy infestation.