I wrote off Glastonbury as a ‘white’ festival – until I finally went

Thrilling … Skepta’s last-minute set put him alongside a number of Black musicians to have played Glastonbury. Illustration: Joe Plimmer/Guardian Pictures/Alamy/Getty/Shutterstock

Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. This weekend I was at Glastonbury reviewing the bands with the Guardian’s music team; it was my second year at the legendary arts and music festival, and I’ve become a total convert, preaching the glory of Worthy Farm after years of assuming that an event like it wasn’t for someone like me.

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