Since queen elizabeth the second died last week in scotland, a series of long planned travel and memorial arrangements has been playing out. For my colleague, somea kanes, who hosts money talks, our sister show on business finance and economics, it's been an excuse to do some field research. When i had it out early this morning, the end of the cue wasn't far from my house, even though i live more than four miles away. I must have passed a couple of thousand more people walking to join the line. That's at least 14 hours worth f shuffling along. And if you like the economist, sign up for economist education's six weeks on line course