How We Build Britain
A podcast about energy, infrastructure and industry. Exploring why Britain no longer seems to value building, making and engineering things… and what it would take to change that.
How We Build Britain
Latest Episodes
Why not knowing what Britain makes is holding us back
Britain is talking seriously about reindustrialisation again. But do we know our own industrial capabilities well enough to decide what to retain, what to build and where to invest?In 1940, Britain had to answer a version of that questio...
Reindustrialisation: what Britain in 2026 can learn from 1897
In June 1897, the Royal Navy assembled the greatest fleet in the world at Spithead for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Among the vessels in attendance was a small experimental boat from the Tyne called Turbinia.By the end of the day, s...
Has Brexit damaged British industry?
Has Brexit damaged UK industry?Ten years on from the referendum, the debate is still dominated by politics. But what does the evidence actually show?In this episode, Rob Gilbert examines the Brexit balance sheet for British indust...
Tim Pick - Britain's First Offshore Wind Champion (recorded at Global Offshore Wind '26)
Just how is the offshore wind industry in the UK really doing? I put that question to Tim Pick on the fringe of Global Offshore Wind 2026 in Manchester. Tim is Britain's first offshore wind champion, a former clean power commissione...
Why investing in industry helps solve Britain’s NEET crisis
A million young people in Britain are now not in education, employment or training, the highest level in over a decade. Alan Milburn’s interim review into young people and work has laid out the scale of it. This episode argues that underneath t...
