WILL STONE samples the 20th anniversary atmosphere of this eclectic end-of-season indie festival

Comics are not just superheroes and spandex – it can be public art, telling public stories, suggests HARRIET EARLE

The bard serenades the Diggers of Wigan and their festive followers

ALEXEI SAYLE speaks to Angus Reid about a lifetime of protest, how to hone political art – and what to do now

ANDY HEDGECOCK, JAMES WALSH, LEO BOIX and MARIA DUARTE review Just An Illusion, Everybody Digs Bill Evans, Blue Film, Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger, and Runner

MARIA DUARTE recommends a nerve-wracking reconstruction of the 72 hours before the Normandy landings