Britain's long history of model-making may be the Olympics' biggest loser | Ian Jack

Hornby, famous for its model trains, has made many changes to stay viable. But straying into the realm of Olympic souvenirs did it no favoursThe wind bent the rain to the diagonal. In the Just the Ticket cafe at the Hornby Visitor Centre, I ate a cheese toastie and looked across Enterprise Way towards the damp, square bulk of a building branded Halfords, or rather Halors because the f and the d had fallen off. Beyond it lay another superstore, B&Q, while at the crossroads and just past the&...