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Britain has a chequered record in Europe’s trashiest competition. Here are the highs and lows in full – and what came next

"This year the folk festival was openly focused on recapturing the character and essence of earlier years and there was a marked sense of community, exhibited by happy artists, volunteers and staff," writes reviewer CASSIDY RICHENS.

Britain has a chequered record in Europe’s trashiest competition. Here are the highs and lows in full – and what came next

1970: Mary Hopkin, ‘Knock, Knock, Who’s There?’ Welsh folk singer Hopkin gave the UK another second place at Eurovision, after a string of hit singles including Goodbye (written and produced by Paul McCartney). After she married top producer Tony Visconti in 1971, she withdrew from the limelight, but still sang on several albums he produced, including David Bowie’s Low. After a late-Seventies comeback, she joined a group called Oasis (not the Gallaghers’ band), and sang on Vangelis�...

Britain has a chequered record in Europe’s trashiest competition. Here are the highs and lows in full – and what came next