Not only have I read Flight of the Mew Gull and Sigh for a Merlin so many times that my copy of the former is falling to bits, but I was also a Thrust SSC 'Gold' member and sponsored Dead Dog's supersonic record. So it will be good to hear what he has to say!
Personally I thought that Noble's next venture, the Farnborough F1 aircraft, was doomed to failure by regulations, no matter how sound the design. Single-pilot single-engined IFR-operation of an air taxi aircraft still hasn't been approved by the CAA - I don't know how things will be under EASA though.