The lesson sits in what each man did with that defeat. Both lost the tube. But Brunel expected to be surprised, and built the rest of his work — the bridges, the hulls, the tunnels — with margins fat ...

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, whose bicentenary we celebrate this month, changed the face of Britain. A restless polymath, he imbued the kingdom with gloriously ambitious railways, sensational steamships, ...

Rail staff confirm legend that rising sun shines through Box tunnel in Bath on birthday of Isambard Kingdom Brunel Engineers have tested one of the UK’s most intriguing railway legends: that the ...

A HUNDRED years ago, in the iron age, the world watched a wonder grow on the Isle of Dogs, on the River Thames, in London. It was a steam-ship five times the size of the biggest vessel afloat then, in ...

There are some notable figures in history that you know of for just one single thing. They may have achieved much in their lifetimes or they may have only been famous for Andy Warhol’s fifteen minutes ...

All Bristolians know Isambard Kingdom Brunel is the brilliant engineer behind the iconic Clifton Suspension Bridge, the ground-breaking ss Great Britain and Great Western Railway, but there's so much ...

A previously-unseen school report of legendary engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel reveals how his teachers had “brilliant expectations of his future”. The genius behind the ss Great Britain and the ...

Isambard Kingdom Brunel is one of Britain's greatest-ever engineers. His first project was the Rotherhithe Shaft, the starting point for London's Thames Tunnel. The tunnel was the first in the world ...

Isambard Kingdom Brunel's tutor in Paris said he showed a lot of diligence Isambard Kingdom Brunel's school report from 1821 shows his teachers already had "brilliant expectations" for the future ...

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He is one of the most celebrated Britons, whose engineering feats are said to have revolutionised the world. But while Isambard Kingdom Brunel is credited with creating some of the marvels of the ...