Henry Bessemer's seasickness-proof vessel shows how even great inventors sometimes become fixated on crackpot ideas.

On July 19, 1843, the SS Great Britain was launched as the largest, most advanced ship in the world. How? It was the first to ...

LONDON — Keir Starmer and his renewed Labour Party won a landslide election in Britain on Thursday, according to the exit poll, ending 14 years of Conservative Party rule and moving toward a new ...

The Bank of England wants views on themes for its next series of banknotes, and BBC readers are full of ideas.

A WWII veteran shares a blunt and honest perspective on how Allied soldiers viewed the SS during the war — and why empathy wasn’t part of the battlefield. A striking moment from a powerful personal ...

The SS Great Britain is set to enter a “bold new chapter” as the attraction undergoes a £1 million transformation in the new year. The project, which will involve a “complete re-imagining ...

The SS Great Britain is set to enter a “bold new chapter” as the attraction undergoes a £1 million transformation in the new year. The project, which will involve a “complete re-imagining” of the ...

As the mini marks 60 years since it made its mark on Britain, here’s a look back at the skirt’s sartorial story throughout the decades. 1910s Queen Mary of Teck, pictured in a skirt in 1912 (PA) ...

The trip from Mead Vale Primary School took place on Friday, June 6, and was part of their studies on famous historical figures. Pupils explored different levels of the ship, dressed in Victorian ...

Some of the most severe market crashes have included: The Great Depression, which began with the crash of 1929. This 79% stock market loss was the worst drop of the past 150 years.