Why the UK economy needs a platform 9¾ leap of imagination

Harry Potter franchise typifies intangible value Britain has to be more adept at creating. Time to ditch the tangible mindset

Take a walk through King's Cross station most days of the week, and you will see a crowd of people gathered among the usual rush of commuters and weary travellers awaiting the umpteenth delayed London-to-Leeds service.

This isn't the complaints queue for cancellations. These people have travelled from further afield than Bradford - from South Korea, the US , France and Germany - to wait for a train that doesn't even exist.