War of the watch

WATCHES ARE QUITE simple in principle. They need an oscillator, a display and a power source. Horophiles get very excited indeed about oscillators such as free-sprung balances, tuning forks and quartz

THE WORLD’S GREATEST BIKES

In the early 1940s, the Royal Mint replaced the familiar image of a portcullis on the threepenny coin with a thrift plant. This was part of the government’s campaign reminding the public of the need f

This moment is surely imbued with the most global symbolism. It was when, according to the Old Norse-Icelandic sagas, adventurers sailed across the north Atlantic from settlements on the west coast of

The vibration is as extraordinary as the noise is deafening and we’re not even in the air. But I guess that’s what you get when there’s 1500bhp’s-worth of 27 litres of two stage supercharged, quad-cam

Creativity in wartime, a Swedish mission to rescue Holocaust victims and tours of an iconic British warship