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Section 6.6.3: 'Kew for a ride', The Standard, 3 February 1982. © 1982 Evening Standard;

Section 7.3 Culture of innovation: Brown, T., 'Nurturing a culture of innovation' Financial Times, 17th November, 1997, © Ideo Europe.

Figure 1 (top left) © Francoise Sauze/ Science Photo Library; (top right) © Jerome Yeats/ Science Photo Library; (bottom right) © Science Photo Library; (bottom left) © Jerome Yeats/ Science Photo Library;

Figure 3 Edifice, © Sally Ann Norman,

Figure 4 © Christie's Images;

Figure 5 © Hulton Getty;

Figure 6 Courtesy Aston Martin Lagonda, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire;

Figure 9 and Figure 13 Pifco Holdings plc, Manchester;

Figure 24 Courtesy of the A.O.C. and Commandant, Royal Air Force College, Cranwell;

Figure 28 Gossamer Albatross © NASA, 1980;

Figure 29 and Figure 30 Courtesy of Rolls-Royce plc;

Figures 37 – 43 © R.I. Davidson, R.I.Davidson@ncl.ac.uk;

Figure 44, Figure 49, and Figure 52 © Mike Hessey, mike@mikehessey.co.uk;

Figure 48 BSA (folded/unfolded), Dahon (folded/unfolded), Dursley Pederson (folded/unfolded), Airframe (folded/unfolded) © Mike Hessey, mike@mikehessey.co.uk; Trusty Spacemaster (folded/unfolded) © Tony Hadland; Faun, from Faun catalogue, 1895, and Grout patented 1880 reproduced from “It's in the bag! A history in outline of portable cycles in the UK”, Tony Hadland and John Pinkerton. Published Dorothy Pinkerton, Birmingham, 1996;

Figure 61 View of Avon Gorge with the approved design for the Clifton Suspension Bridge, 1831, by Samuel R.W.S> Jackson (1794–1868), Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, UK. Photo: Bridgeman Art Library;

Figure 62 Reproduced with the permission of the Librarian, the University of Bristol;

Figure 63 Places and Spaces, London SW4;

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