Uploaded January 2017 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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The friend who made the future - How the Lunar Society in Birmingham which members included James Watt, Matthew Boulton, Erasmus Darwin, Josiah Wedgwood and Joseph Priestly - changed the World forever during the Industrial Revolution. Author Jenny Uglow talks to historian Sally Hoban. Learn more at History West Midlands www.historywm.com.