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King's Cross Unites Fantasy and Reality
It's easy to think that legendary history is born of ignorance and superstition about the past. Well, i think we still do it. If you go to king's cross and you look at all those people cuwing up to be photographed with their hands on the edge of a trolley - they're there because king's cross unites fantasy and reality. It seems to me a marvellous thing to do. But under the cold light of analysis, you would also say it's ridiculous. I don't think it is. We are absolutely in the same game to day. And i also think it's very sophisticated.
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