by Martin Earnshaw | 7 March 2013 Even the ghosts of England’s past oppose HS2 it seems. On 10th February 2013 the Observer ran a bizarre story about how HS2 mightgo through a historic battle site from the War of the Roses. The fact that the actual location of the battle is unknown is beside the point it seems. It’s one more reason […]

The story of industrial decline in Britain has become so familiar , it takes some effort to realise  that things may not  be so gloomy after all. In fact,British manufacturing is performing well – though not in the traditional ways that most people understand it. As the shape of world manufacturing has shifted over the […]