The 2010 layer of Reading festival mud probably still holds a number of my possessions, slowly making their way down to the Earth’s crust.
However one item that made it out of the murk relatively unscathed was this commemorative T-shirt for the event. It's hard to believe that it's still white given the environment it came from.
Like most festival tees, it has a run down of the dates and bands billed along the spine and on the front it has an elaborate illustration themed around aviation and navigation. Two overlapping triangles frame the action, which is comprised of a symmetrical smattering of moths and butterflies, two widespread eagle wings, a large compass and a laurel wreath within which an obligatory festival skull is perched.
It's possibly too abstract for any discernible meaning – maybe a flying skull got lost and asked some helpful insects for directions - but it was certainly more attractive than any of the other offerings at the merchandise booth that year, which if memory serves, were appalling.
