Editorial

Three years ago this summer, the major heritage groups in England, led by the National Trust, English Heritage, the Historic Houses Association and the Heritage Lottery Fund and supported by historians and public personalities such as; David Starkey, Tristram Hunt, Simon Thurley, Stephen Fry, Bill Bryson, Shami Chakrabarti, Tony Benn and Boris Johnson, ran a campaign entitled History Matters-pass it on to raise awareness of the huge contribution that history, heritage and the built environment make to our quality of life.

But today, as much of the world faces a deep recession, we might indeed be tempted to wonder if...