I got very excited when I discovered you had a website, and had to email it to people! Both Ben and Di were similarly pleased that some things remain the same.

I’m all the better for hearing from you. I’m currently sitting in a cafe in New Jersey, where my fiance works, trying to think of something to write about Bono’s back injury that isn’t too mean.

Life’s good, as you can see I’m pretending the world cares about my opinions still!

Good hat, by the way.

Longtime no see!

Thanks for commenting, Rupert. No disrespect intended to your ideas, (or taken, I hope, though I’m a sarcastic git so fair enough if you did!). I guess when I said ‘No proof’ I meant more that we can’t know for sure that this this is actually what went on back in the day.

I’m not entirely sceptical, and it’s often true that religious buildings and public spaces are constructed with acoustics in mind (for instance, my dad lives in a converted chapel which was absolutely FANTASTIC for playing Led Zeppelin in until they did the place up!), and I won’t argue with you about acoustics, as you clearly know more about the subject than me. I do know a fair bit about paganism, and the subsequent reinventions of the ‘tradition’ which have gone on down the years, though. I’m not entirely sure that we can say anything for certain about what the purpose of neolithic monuments are- I know in Hardy’s time that there was a bit of a vogue for all things ‘Celtic’ which was more of a reinvention than anything else, so I’m not sure I trust him as a source. It’s an interesting idea, though.

Plus, at the end of the day, I really wanted to link to some Spinal Tap

cheers

Rupert