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On Politics: What went wrong with HS2 (and almost everything else) artwork
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On Politics: What went wrong with HS2 (and almost everything else)

The LRB Podcast by London Review of Books

Jun 17, 202664:02Society & Culture

HS2 was conceived at a cost of £37.5 billion and originally supposed to link London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds. It will now connect only two stations outside London and Birmingham at a projected cost of more than...

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On Politics: What went wrong with HS2 (and almost everything else) is an episode from The LRB Podcast by London Review of Books. HS2 was conceived at a cost of £37.5 billion and originally supposed to link London, Birmingham, Manchester and...

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Published Jun 17, 2026, 64:02 long, audio available.