Platform doesn’t understand trends. Most just look like the girl was dressed by Stevie Wonder, puked down herself and drilled her own forehead. Ever open-minded we conducted some highly scientific research.

Experienced festival-goers take you through their festival pitfalls and poo falls in Platform’s guide to Summer 2009. If you’re going to Download, Glastonbury, Benicassim, Reading or Bestival and don’t want to end-up knee deep in your own bodily fluids you should give this a read.

You never know how people are going to react when you say those two little words. Four lesbians from Brighton recount what it was like to tell the world, “I’m gay”.

Platform doesn’t understand trends. Most just look like the girl was dressed by Stevie Wonder, puked down herself and drilled her own forehead. Ever open-minded we conducted some highly scientific research.