Brunel is found dead in his cell Brunel was found dead by officers at La Santé prison, in Paris, at 1am on 19 February 2022. He was awaiting trial for charges of rape and trafficking of minors.

As part of Bristol's Brunel 200 celebrations, crime writer Andrew Taylor has been commissioned to pen a whodunit tale set in the engineer's time and featuring the man himself. You'll be able to ...

'Being Brunel' celebrates the life and work of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of Britain's greatest engineers. He built the Great Western Railway, numerous bridges and tunnels, and the SS Great ...

Equally intriguing though is the section on Brunel the Celebrity. By the 1850s he was a star and the British public were fascinated by him and his projects; newspapers reported every detail of his ...