Airship fans may like to check out this BBC article, prompted by the launch of Spirit of Dubai.

It is a staple of the genre known as “alternative history”. Anybody wanting to conjure up the idea of technological cul-de-sacs reborn or to represent the ostentatious luxury of the 1930s goes straight for the airship.

There’s a quote from Philip Pullman too. But sadly not much in the way of good news for the airship industry.