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The ghosts of festivals past

N our fields below the house, the combine has been working, harvesting the winter barley in glorious breezy sunshine. On adjoining pastures, a rubbish-gathering behemoth chases the crisp packets and a few inflated condoms left by 22,000 revellers over three days at our music festival. It’s a charming tableau of contemporary culture rubbing along with traditional farming to a Wurzels soundtrack. However,

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