Live music: Goldfrapp, Body&Soul, Co Westmeath

The Body and Soul festival grew significantly for its fifth incarnation. Between weekend campers and Sunday ticket-holders, 8,500 people meandered in the marvellous sunshine, roaming through the woods and walled gardens of Ballinlough Castle, Co Westmeath.

The festival was so much more than music. Wholesome food sustained those determined to wring the most from the three days of performances, installations, holistic workshops and talks.

At the close of a second day of wondrous sunshine, Goldfrapp, taking over from the electronic music icon Gary Numan, took to the main stage. Marking mid-summer’s night, Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory brought the crowd on an aural journey, beginning with the pared-back tracks of their latest offering, Tales of Us.