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Magic In Mind

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I went to London to see the queen... well, the queen of children's fiction, J.K. Rowling. The British Library opened their Harry Potter A History Of Magic exhibition last month, and today on Sirius Black's birthday, I went to see it. Muggles wouldn't think anything of it, but when you enter the exhibition you have your bag search by a group of wizards... how did I know this? Well the "security guards" have wands with lights on the end to poke through your bags... I mean, I didn't hear them say lumos, but you've got to imagine that they're so good at it that they don't need to say it out loud anymore. Look up One of the things I like to remember is to always look up. If you don't look up while you're in the gallery then you're going to miss something quite magical. When you queue for entry, look up and you'll see a swarm of winged keys. In the journey portion of the exhibition look up and you'll see open books flyi...