Think of him as Grandfather Time. David Lindow is one of the last manufacturers in the country of grandfather clocks. As he practices a venerable craft dating back to the 17th century, the clock may ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Founded in 1631, the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers is the oldest surviving horological institute in the ...

PHILADELPHIA -- In a dusty, sunlit workshop, James S. Shott carves time out of tiger maple and cherry wood. For a month, he chisels, scrapes, sands and polishes. Then he mounts a brass-and-steel ...

Next month, May 3, economist Deirdre McCloskey will speak at AEI about her new book “Bourgeois Equality” (on sale April 21). It’s the final volume of a trilogy — also “Bourgeois Dignity” and ...

James Nye has the assistant chaplain at school to thank for his career. For any boys not interested in rugby at Ardingly College in West Sussex in the 1970s, Reverend Waters offered lessons in basic ...

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The elderly gentleman in the photograph is my grandfather, Leo P Ganter, arriving back from his annual holiday in Baden- Baden in Germany. It was some time around 1960. The photograph captures our ...