A new topmast has been fitted to Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s famous steam ship the SS Great Britain, after the old one became rotten. Engineers removed the old top section of the front mast before ...

This chilling documentary tells how, in 1947, the British Government brought an entire division of the wartime Waffen SS - 8,000 Ukrainians - to Britain. Assured by the men that they had committed ...

An exhibition marking the 40th anniversary of the salvage of the SS Great Britain and featuring film footage and original items as well as a wide range of photographs is now open at the Britannia ...

The SS Great Britain Trust is running a competition to find an SS Great Britain superfan family to officially reopen the ship's new deck. The new all-weather deck, which has been completely ...

Britain's oldest door can be found in Westminster Abbey, in the passage leading to the Chapter House. The oldest door was dated for the first time in 2005 by the process known as dendrochronology. A ...

SS Great Britain’s Director Matthew Tanner MBE commented: “We are delighted to be launching ‘The Incredible Journey’ oral history project as part of the 40th Anniversary Celebrations for ...

The fire service were called just before 13:00 GMT on Friday A fire broke out onboard the ss Great Britain on Friday morning. The museum confirmed that smoke was detected while "essential welding ...

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Hale, Matthew Raymond, Graham and Wright, Catherine 2010. List of publications on the economic and social history of Great Britain and Ireland published in 2009. The Economic History Review, Vol. 63, ...

2017: The International Olympic Committee announces Paris will host the Olympic Games in 2024 and Los Angeles in 2028. On the same day, actress and qualified lawyer Rebel Wilson is awarded $4.56 ...

The first legally binding international AI treaty will be open for signing on Thursday by the countries that negotiated it, including European Union members, the United States and Britain ...

SS Great Britain was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Steamship Company's transatlantic service between Bristol and New York. She was the longest passenger ship in the ...