“Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold...
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity...”
The Second Coming, 1919, by W.B. Yeats, Irish poet born #OTD 1865; inspired Chinua Achebe and Joan Didion.
Portrait: charcoal drawing, John Singer Sargent 1908, Met Museum
According to my very rough maths that's around 131% of the HS2 budget for 2,043% of the track (and that's not including the upgrades to the existing track)