Jonty Claypole

And I was thinking, what would be the right modern equivalent to bring to think about this situation?

And I think the talent show, the reality show, is spot on.

I was also thinking, what would bring different people together in the same way?

And I was thinking of Paddington Station before Glastonbury, people from different walks of life getting on the train to go to Glastonbury.

And as they're leaving London, a bit of the spirit of the festival descending, class hierarchies breaking away.

I was thinking of Burning Man.

Burning Man for an American equivalent.

I then thought, actually, there is a modern pilgrimage equivalent, which is the Camino de Santiago.

The only people I've known who have done the Camino are agnostics or atheists.

So it's got this, it's a pilgrimage site like the Canterbury one is, but actually a lot of the people doing it are doing it for reasons other than religion, much as the pilgrims are here.

But ultimately, Sophie, I settled on one only modern comparison.

Well, we've got to remember that they never get there, right?

The Canterbury Tales fizzles out.

They never get to tell all their stories.

It is, Sophie, the fire festival.

That's what the Canterbury Tales is.

They're getting on the road, but the whole thing is just going to collapse into chaos and it never quite happens.

So that's what we're in.

We're in the 14th century, the medieval fire festival.

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