British manufacturing lacks Germany's advantages. Germany has long had industrial apprenticeships for young adults: Cable is trying to start an apprenticeship program in Britain as well.

The spinning jenny helps explain why the Industrial Revolution occurred in Britain rather than in France or India. Wages were exceptionally high relative to capital prices in Britain, so the jenny was ...

Britain's transition from water power to coal-based steam power set the stage for the 19th century Industrial Revolution, which transformed much of Europe and North America into predominantly ...

Travel back with me a few hundred years before the industrial revolution, and the wildlife of Britain and Ireland looks very different indeed. Take orcas: While there are now less than ten left in ...

Near the end of the 18th century, the industrial revolution began to transform Great Britain. Machines replaced hand tools, factories sprouted up in cities and towns, and a sharp uptick in coal ...

A fascinating insight into Britain’s industrial past as evidenced by its buildings, richly illustrated with intricate line drawings. Architecture historian and artist Hubert Pragnell offers an ...

Travel back with me a few hundred years to before the industrial revolution, and the wildlife of Britain and Ireland looks very different indeed. Take orcas: while there are now less than ten left ...

It employs 1,500. Making stuff has dwindled from nearly 40 percent of Britain's gross domestic product in the late 1950s to not much more than 10 percent now. What remains survives for a reason.

British manufacturing lacks Germany's advantages. Germany has long had industrial apprenticeships for young adults: Cable is trying to start an apprenticeship program in Britain as well.