Welcome back to the Europeans, the podcast that brings you up to date each week with what's going on around Europe.

And I am delighted to report, Dominic, that I have finally showered after spending the week, sleeping in a tent at Glastropery Festival.

Did you have fun? I mean, I'm kind of half

envious and half really glad it wasn't me when I see these pictures of people in these disgusting

tents for a whole week. You were there forever. It was so long. But yeah, it was amazing. The music

was great, obviously. And it was just really joyful to stand in a massive crowd and sing

along with thousands of really

happy people. We haven't done that since, you know, before the pandemic, so it's really emotional.

Also, there are some aspects of it, yes, that you would have hated, like the deep uncleanniness

of everything. But I did think about you a lot while I was there because every five metres or so

at Glastonbury, there was a stand

selling your favourite Cypriot cheese. The streets of Glastonbury are paved with Hulumi.

Oh, now I am jealous. I think it's your idea of paradise. What have you been up to when I've

been away living in a field? Oh, I've not been doing anything like as exciting as going to the

world's greatest music festival. I've

mainly been sitting around in the sunshine in my garden. It's been quite blissful, actually.

Well, that sounds a lot more peaceful than my week, at least, which is a nice thing. What have we

got coming up on the show this week? This week, we're going to be talking about the controversial

use of facial recognition technology. It's being used more and more

in Europe and actually all over the world, really. For some, particularly some police services,

it's a very exciting technology and is seen as a tool in fighting crime. But there are many

who are very concerned about it. People who see this as a technological tool that

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