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020. Alex Fitzgerald: Inside Isembard's industrial revolution

Listen now | Alex Fitzgerald explains how micro-factories and machine tools could rebuild Britain's manufacturing base

Jun 19, 2025 • Tom Ough, Calum Drysdale, and Aeron Laffere

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