It's not all Stonehenge and white beards, say today's TikTok druids

Women now make up half of the ancient movement. And yes, they still wear robes...

- David Barnett

This is one of the biggest weekends of the calendar for druids. And this year, they're trying to get with the times.

As they gather at ancient sites such as Stonehenge to celebrate the summer solstice, today's druids are keen to shed their image of old men with long beards, and have embraced TikTok to spread their pagan message.

They're modernising in other ways, too. A leading British group of druids has found that, despite a patriarchal history, 56% of those in the movement are women. Druidry originated in the ancient Celtic world, when its members, often with great influence, acted as political advisers, religious leaders and legal authorities. They left no written records, but Greek and Roman philosophers and historians wrote about their culture.