THE National Trust’s Mottisfont in Hampshire showcases the quirky machinery and exquisite paintings of Heath Robinson from today. In the 1930s, Heath Robinson became known as "The Gadget King", and he ...

William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) is best known for his crazy inventions configured in immensely elaborate and comic illustrations. Perhaps less well known is his output of advertising work, ...

It’s one thing for an artist to establish a reputation, another for them to enter the dictionary. When the British want to describe a whimsical, improvised or over-elaborate mechanism, they call it a ...

A reconstruction of a major piece of cybernetic history and the precursor to Colossus, the world's first programmable electronic digital computer, has made its public debut at the National Museum of ...

When you visit Derby Museum for the first time (as I did yesterday morning) and stand in front of its most famous painting, "The Orrery" by Joseph Wright of Derby, what’s immediately striking is not ...

Architect ZMMA is working on the building for the project, which has now been pledged a £890,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant. It is being run by charity the William Heath Robinson Trust, which works ...