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James Dyson on how trial and error got him to the top of the rich list

By Nick Rufford
The Times·
24 mins to read

Dyson speaks to Nick Rufford about the joy of inventing, the pain of red tape and his blueprint to save British innovation.

Deep in the Wiltshire countryside, James Dyson is tinkering in his shed, but it's not the usual garden variety. As befits Britain's best-known inventor, he has test rigs, hoists, machine tools and other paraphernalia built into a giant aircraft hangar. In fact, he bought the entire airfield to give him the space to assemble things and pull them

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