In Part I of this article, Daniel Collins describes his experiences of working on the parliamentary phase of the HS2 Phase 2a project, which centres around engagement with petitioners (objectors) against the scheme and producing evidence to defend it against challenge. 

While the rail sector is warily slow at introducing new technologies due to the long time it takes to plan and build new lines and vehicles, there are a number of technical innovations in development that, if adopted, could make the trains of tomorrow both faster and safer, writes Saikat Dutta, research fellow in railway mechatronics systems, University of Birmingham.

In Cambridge, an innovative approach to the problem of homelessness has been tested for the first time in England: modular homes – movable, mostly temporary kinds of small-scale accommodation which give each occupant their own front door.

Lunaz Design reinvented the Rolls-Royce Phantom V as all-electric for a new generation of luxury. 

The coronavirus pandemic has made apparent something isolated communities have felt for a long time: internet access is no longer a luxury, it is a necessity – a question of basic rights – for participating fully in an increasingly digitised society, writes Kira Allmann.

Europe urgently needs to make its food system more sustainable – or else face growing food insecurity and health impacts – and the coronavirus pandemic offers us an opportunity to push for change, according to Professor Peter Jackson.