Tonight thousands will gather at Stonehenge in an ancient tradition... which isn't ancient at all. It's being going on for just 24 years. The modern story of Stonehenge involves sacramental LSD, police brutality and a young Keir Starmer. It is fascinating. A solstice thread/1 For a starting point, let's turn to the antiquary William Stukeley. In the 1740s he wrote the 'principal line of the whole work [orientates to] where abouts the sun rises, when the days are longest.'
In other words: he was the first to identify Stonehenge's solstice alignment./2