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Could the UK be a great engineering power again?
Britain used to be the envy of the world for its engineering and infrastructure. Have we lost our way?
Julian Glover, former special adviser at the Department for Transport has written a new book about the British engineer Thomas Telford, Man of Iron.
He went to look at some of Britain’s most impressive engineering and infrastructure - both past and present - to see what Thomas Telford can tell us about the rebuilding of Britain.
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