Follow the sun

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

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

Mark Bailey is a freelance writer who has written for The Observer, The Times and National Geographic. marksbailey.com Many people rely on GPS apps to explore new landscapes, but with natural navigati

Explore your light and shade this Equinox – to feel whole…

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

One summer’s evening in the days before internet weather forecasting, I was deeply involved in the after-race ‘do’ following a Solent Old Gaffers event. In the 1970s these regattas drew entrants large