Season ticket holder Tom Bennett(ph) says Bonds is the San Francisco Giants, warts and all.

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Mr. TOM BENNETT (Giants Fan): I think the news media has chastised Bonds because sometimes he hasn't been the nicest person towards them.

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That means the Sunday "golden oldie" slot - previously taken by the likes of Rod Stewart, Tom Jones and Tony Bennett - will be vacant after organisers said they could not afford Bryan Ferry.

BBC: Big and bold at Glastonbury

Nearly all the playwrights who can fill larger theatres, at least in the West End, are either pensioners (Tom Stoppard, Michael Frayn, Alan Bennett and Harold Pinter) or they are dead.

ECONOMIST: Take a break

Also interviewed are Dame Judi Dench, Arthur Miller, Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Peter Hall, Sir Tom Stoppard, Vanessa Redgrave, Fiona Shaw, Stephen Daldry, David Hare, Harold Pinter, and Alan Bennett.

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