The story behind the Port Eliot Lit Festival - and meditations on the festival phenom generally

James Flint covers the UK summer festival scene for the Telegraph with discussions of two festivals, Glastonbury music festival and the Port Eliot Lit Festival, which Peregrine St Germans runs in Port Eliot, his ancestral seat in Cornwall. It sounds a marvelous festival, and this year's edition features Martin Parr, Louis de Bernieres, Gavin Turk, Ekow Eshun Michael Howells, Richard Benson, James Cauty Michael Eavis, Lily Fraser, Tom Baxter, Mick Brown, Toby Litt, Geoff Dyer, Louis Eliot, Huge Advance, Simon Munnery, Aisle 16, Francis Upritchard, Hari Kunzru and others.