How would Ian Nairn see HS2?

摘要

What would Ian Nairn have made of last week's BD leaders (November 15)? Would juxtaposing HS2, one of the most controversial and potentially damaging infrastructure projects, with his career - pricking the establishment view - have raised a smile? We will never know. But while Nairn, like his hero John Nash, might see this project as bold, it is not cunning, improvisational or subversive.