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 ...

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” of the ...

Sir Jack Hayward, the man instrumental in bringing the SS Great Britain back to Bristol, has died. The 91-year-old multi-millionaire helped fund the project to return Brunel's ship from the ...

The SS Great Britain, designed by the legendary Isambard Kingdom Brunel, was a marvel of its time – so much so that at its launch in 1843, it was called 'the greatest experiment since the Creation'.

It will invite visitors to touch, look, smell, and listen, as they explore all that the SS Great Britain has to offer, in order to create 'an accessible and inclusive visit for all'. The trail will ...

Episode 1: History & Images Dig deeper into the real-life events of WW2 that are addressed in Episode 1 of World on Fire, from refugees’ assimilation in Britain to the Nazi SS’s eugenics efforts.

The USS Constitution, RMS Titanic, and SS Great Britain are among the most famous ships in history. In addition to their historical significance, all three share a common detail—their names begin with ...

Brunel’s SS Great Britain has unveiled its new weather deck, after a monumental 39-week conservation project in Bristol's Harbour, where the ship is in permanent dock. The previous deck had been in ...

SS Great Britain is open daily, 10am-5.30pm; tickets include family packages and access to the Archive, where Australians might find information about migrant forebears who travelled on the vessel ...