The story of British art is littered with setbacks and bad luck moments,” says Bendor Grosvenor. “It’s like a Monty Python ...

In its editorial columns, the Engineer firmly declines to agree with Mr. Horsnaill in the assumption that British invention is at all in a backward state, and cites the British man-of-war.

Insights Some of the most important inventions ever were created by accident.  Viagra is a surprising addition to this list ...

If you’re curious about what was invented the year you were born, RS Components compiled a fascinating list, which we’re ...

Mince pies are a delicious addition to any holiday spread, but making them from scratch can be tricky until you get the hang ...

British merchant Peter Durand made a huge stride in food preservation with his 1810 invention of the can. Canned rations provided to soldiers and explorers saved legions from sure starvation.

But when we talk about creativity, we often use two terms interchangeably—invention and discovery. Which will serve your ...

Trusts have long been a favoured wealth protection tool for the super-rich, but has this British invention been corrupted by its own tax havens? With potentially trillions tied up in these ...

The age of Homo technicus could generate profound intellectual advances and solutions to our gravest problems. But first we ...

That said, Liverpool and Yorkshire claim stakes in the invention of the sandwich ... The meal is an easy-to-make alternative ...

by the laws of the British invention called natural selection, become Prime Minister. Honey for Tea? Macmillan does not write so well as Churchill, who had the advantage of being a professional ...

To offer a thorough account of the nature and circulation of key scribal pamphlets in early seventeenth-century England is a significant contribution to scholarship, to simultaneously provide new ways ...