Organisers call festival 'near-perfect' as they plan next year's event
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Organisers call festival 'near-perfect' as they plan next year's event
• The four-day event has been widely praised as the best yet, combining sunshine with standout performances from big names.
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Winchester Cathedral's central tower collapsed in 1107, an event medieval chroniclers blamed on the wicked King William Rufus being buried beneath it.
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