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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Claudia Cockerell

How Keir Starmer saved the summer solstice at Stonehenge

Londoner’s Diary

Last week thousands of revellers gathered at Stonehenge for the summer solstice. Drumbeats thrummed through the night until sunrise, when pagan ceremonies were held to mark the longest day of the year. But what most don’t know is that we have Keir Starmer and a druid king to thank for the annual festivities. 

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