The swing of the pendulum

How the world’s clocks and geographic coordinates came to be set by a small borough of London

What time is it? It’s later than you think. Tempus fugit. Or, as the sundial inscription so accurately but perhaps more optimistically explains: “I only count the sunny hours.” You know full well that

A few years ago, we bought my father a sundial. It was a decent 18th-century style reproduction in lead – something he had wanted for a very long time – and then, inevitably, he asked me to help him s

This month marks the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory Greenwich, a cornerstone of modern astronomical science. Founded in 1675, this grand institution is known as the home of Greenwich Mean

The King’s Observatory, Kew, London The home of Robbie Brothers

A crack-of-dawn start is one way to avoid the crowds. But there’s another option that doesn’t need an alarm clock.