DOUG NICHOLLS says the parasitic finance markets must be challenged or another British government could be toppled
STANDING around at Stonehenge. Smoking too much weed. Bonkers dancing. That’s one way of celebrating the solstice. Linking hands in a ring on a medieval mound in a municipal park and singing circle songs as the cloudy grey dawn lightens is another. All good.
I’ve learnt better ways to do it, though — for myself.
It’s three weeks now since Midsummer, but I’m still enjoying the memories of one of the best and longest I’ve celebrated… so no apologies for this piece, despite its late timing.
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
In his fortnightly Borderlands column, MARK SEDDON visits overgrown forts along Offa’s Dyke and reflects on wars past and present
Commiserations if you failed this year, MAT COWARD offers six points which, if followed religiously, will ensure you succeed next year



