“An Open Letter” I recently received a “round robin” email for a new survey being undertaken by Landward Research Ltd on behalf of Historic England. The survey is being conducted in order to assess the current state of “Historic Enviroment Specalists” working in the United Kingdom. It supposes that there will be an increase in historic envorioment needs through forthcoming large-scale development and that this should be weighed against a growing shortage in skills. As a full