This is Andy Clarke. He was a very brave boy and went along to Glastonbury to sample some of the lesser-known delights in addition to the more obvious attractions. Allow him to educate you in angry hippies, horse-headed men and, um, Your Dad.

1. Kindly tell us your name, age and where you’re from. Now.

OK, keep your trilby on. Andy, 27 ¼, Brighton, England.

2. Which festival have you recently attended?

Glastonbury.

3. Have you attended this festival before? If yes, how does this year compare?

Fifth time for me this year. A little damp under foot, but one of the best. Maybe because the line-up of bands on the main stages wasn’t all that, so we spent more time investigating unknowns.

4. Which act gave the best performance, and why?

Your Dad – probably just the state we were in at that time of the morning. Patrick Wolf – a bit of a car crash but still the most charismatic performer of the weekend. Arcade Fire - just immense.

5. If you could have promoted one act on the bill to headline status, who would you choose? Why?

The Arcade Fire just to give them more time or the Super Furry Animals so that the festival would end with "The Man Don’t Give A $*!%"

6. Did your opinion of any acts change radically as a result of their performance?

I hoped I would finally fall in love in Bjork (musically). I didn’t.

7. Nicest surprise / biggest disappointment (music-related or otherwise)?

Biggest disappointment – Lost Vagueness. It just didn’t seem to happen this year.

Nicest surprise – Tunng. Even more perfect for a Sunday morning than I had previously thought.

8. What was the best heckle you heard?

In reply to “stop being a jerk!”, a hippy calmly replying “stop being American!”. An angry hippy - I’ve seen it all. Either that or the silent heckle at Dirty Fred, when the entire audience turned their backs on him a la The Mighty Boosh.

9. Any high-quality onstage banter you feel deserves highlighting?

“I’m your dad, I am” – Your Dad.

10. What was the funniest moment (music-related or otherwise)?

People falling in mud, of course. Or the Godfather of Punk, Iggy Pop, exclaiming “I have standards” as two hundred people tried to grope him after the stage invasion. You realise he’s actually a middle-aged man.

11. Weirdest moment (if different)?

The men in suits wearing horses' heads near the Fire and Earth stage did nothing for my head. Had to have a sit down after that.

12. Any moments of sheer terror you’d like to share?

See above maybe. Or when Russell turned up with 4 more bottles of pear cider.

13. Anything you wish you’d brought with you?

More booze. A trolley. Getting the tent back to the car was not fun.

14. Anything you wish you’d left behind?

Our tent in the field. And there was no need for the powered milk. We never make tea when we’re there so why did we bring it?!

15. Please mark the following elements out of 10, with any comments:

General facilities:

5/10. How do you rate a hole in the ground for a toilet?

Crowd / audience:

8/10. Or 5/10 for the people who never left the pyramid stage. Come on guys!

Food and drink value for money:

7/10. Well it ain’t cheap, but it’s better than cooking. And the square pie is still the only thing to eat for Sunday dinner. And was it just me, or did the bars run out of everything bar Carlsberg suspiciously early?!

16. Finally – anything else you’d like to mention?

Thank you to Russell’s spare army poncho. A work of genius. And of course my army boots. 20+ festivals over 11 years and still going strong.

Thanks for taking part in our humble questionnaire. Your place in heaven is assured (assuming you haven’t previously murdered anyone).

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