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		<title>The Commuter’s Tale</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We descend in the hum and silver slither of the escalator. The digital destination board and orderly ticket queues, the aroma of burgers and coffee: all deceptive comforts. The relative safety of the anonymous streets has been left behind and we’ve rejoined an older world.
 
Our tribe mills outside the gates of platforms 14-18. There are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Up In Smoke</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harry had just returned from buying coffee for the team when Max, his Director, beckoned.
&#8220;Take a seat.&#8221;
Relaxing into the deep leather Italian furniture was like being swallowed by a perfumed clam so Harry hunched forward. This forced attentiveness was made more uncomfortable today by the cardboard tray of hot drinks on his lap. He could [...]]]></description>
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