*Bob*

Sorry, Badger..! I have felt the pain of a 'ticketless year'. I couldn't even bring myself to watch any of it on telly.

HA HA! Excellent news. It's amazing what you can buy in 'Poundland' these days.

I wasn't mad about the idea at first (for the reasons you say, Tille) - but I've come round to the idea now. The festival is full of different areas - themed areas in many ways - with people doing their own thing. Everybody gets to mix and mingle and see and do stuff they otherwise might not do. And I really don't think it'll end-up segregating anyone. If the 'club nights' they're putting on at Glastonbury are anywhere near as good as the best gay clubs in London, they'll become one of the best places to be - and they'll be jam-packed every night with allsorts, gay or straight.

"I am friendly with plenty of black people" HA HA HA Ok, well, clearly it wasn't said maliciously in any way. She's just made a huge error of judgement - on the telly - in front of a few million people. Oh well.. these things happen, eh Emily? Bye!

Hats off to her! She's made a total berk of herself.

I read that it will be three themed club nights (NYC 70's street-scene, Vogue, and 'Cloned' theme) and then cabaret, burlesque and bingo till dawn. I think it's kind-of been brought in because of the popularity of the 'Lost Vagueness' field, which is always rammed - there's a bit of crossover in what's being offered here. I will 'report back'! It will be interesting. As a straight man with a lot of gay friends who likes clubbing, I more often than not go to gay clubs (apart from anything else they're just better than straight clubs on the whole). But if you're a straight man who doesn't go to gay clubs, you wouldn't just end-up in one by chance. Whereas here will be the opportunity for people to end-up in one - by chance. It offers the possibility of of both being an inclusive/positive experience or (on the downside) becoming a bit of a 'let's go look at the gays' freakshow affair. My experience is that Glastonbury tends to bring out the very best in people so I think it will be the former. We shall see!

If you don't mind watching teenagers showing-off and possibly vomiting on your tent at some point during the night - Reading is the place for you. Generally I think more people do go there specifically to watch bands they like, so fairy nuff on that one, Keef! I tried Reading a couple of times and hated it (even when I was a teenager). No atmosphere, terrible food, crappy location, too many idiots. To be honest though, I do miss the pre-fence Glastonbury days more than a little - when it really was complete madness of the highest order. That said, I was one of the lucky few to never get my tent pillaged!

Indeed. And on that occasion I hitched down as well (from Sheffield) - more extra points, surely!? The last leg of the hitch was in an 18-Wheeler, who kindly detoured some 50 miles or so to take us as close as possible to the festival - and played Radio Avalon all the way in to help get us in the mood. Well done that man. This was some time ago, of course. This year I shall be taking an inflatable lilo, like a wuss.

I've been without a sleeping bag or a tent. Do I win?

Yeah.. that's my issue with TSC (as I'm sure it will be re-named soon ha ha). The fish has always been good (apart from once) but the chips aint great.

Louisa/PeckhamP... Where is the one on Upland Road you recommend? Ta!

Oi! Less of the 'Channel 5' - it's just 'FIVE' these days, y'know. Five have been pinching ideas and production people from C4 and steadily improving their content for years now. They've set themselves up as a direct competitor to C4, leaving C4 in an increasingly sticky situation. Think back to when Channel 5 was launched.. how different it is these days.

All the channels are at it. Panorama isn't Panorama any more. These days it's an early-evening low-brow magazine-style-for-dummies half hour, because apparently the brainless British public don't have the concentration or commitment required for a full hour after 10pm.

I know Diana is so much more very very special than your average Joe (living her life like a candle in the wind etc), but to make things fair, surely we should remove every potentially offensive image from all news reports and documentaries - just in case it offends anyone at all?

Errr.. We don't even know what we're viewing (or not) yet!! It's all getting a 'Brass Eye/Paedophiles Episode... "I Object! (Even though I haven't seen it and I'm only going on what someone else has said)"

James, it is, quite simply, the best weekend of the year. Interestingly, this is the first year to have a 'gay field' which has caused a bit of controversy (in a 'will it bring in an element of exclusion which aint what its all about kind of thing').

Each to their own. Though you'll be missing out: The CPT has a tent there this year..

Keef my dear chap.. as a Reading (*bleuuughhh*) ticket-holder, you must be enlightened as to the true nature of Glasto. Forget who's on the main stages, I say! Mooch around the small tents to seek-out those little nuggets of joy and quirk. That Ukelele band doing Oasis covers! A bit of Cuban ska! Tony Benn holding sway with a tent full of people who clearly haven't slept for three days! People dangling heavy weight from their genitals - for your pleasure! It's all there.

No idea. And will probably still be none the wiser when I get back. Hoorah!

Indeed.. I'm going in a group of 12 or so. Can't wait hee hee!

That'll be ?400,000, please.

I have designed this logo especially on behalf of Daily Mail readers - harking back to a Golden Age when Britain was once great, and emphasising the two most important aspects of the Olympics: "Showtime" and "Racial Inclusiveness"

I think what swung it for me was watching a news report on it last night - where the principal critic was some Old Fart Tory, sitting in a panelled library, waistcoated up and reclining foppishly in a high-backed chair. At that moment I thought "i like it"

I do believe that if you surveyed 1000 average Britons by presenting them with something new, unexpected and different, 900 of them would immediately take offence as a matter of course.

I was much more impressed when I saw more (last night) of the way it moves, as opposed to how it looks as a static logo. And seeing as (in 2012) we will all have LCD screens built into our trainers and be wearing jetpacks (I think) what it does when it's animated will be all the more important. Most importantly - it's not DULL (like the last four or five corporate snoozefest logos we've had)