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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Amelia Hill

The Titanic, Sinclair C5 and Brexit: the Museum of Failure is coming to the UK

Sir Clive Sinclair sitting in a C5
Sir Clive Sinclair demonstrating his C5 electric vehicle, a battery-cum-pedal-powered trike – one of the exhibits at the museum. Photograph: PA

Britain has been mismanaging inventions and ideas with impeccable style for centuries. Next spring, we will finally get a museum to celebrate the results: the Museum of Failure is coming to the UK.

Its founder, Dr Samuel West, is anticipating a warm welcome: Britain, he said, was the museum’s spiritual home. “I’ve travelled all over the world with the museum but I’ve always wanted to bring it back home because of our black humour and our support of the underdog,” he said. “The Brits totally get it.”

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