New Peace Pole in Bedford promotes unity, highlights community’s cultural roots The Rotary Club of Bedford has partnered with the World Peace Project to unveil a new symbol of unity in the community.

José Antonio Gismera watches over some 190 antique clocks at the palace, winding them weekly and caring for them when they are “sick.” The Porcelain Cabinet room at the Royal Palace of Madrid. On ...

Developers in charge of the former Yorkshire Post and Yorkshire Evening Post clock tower which has fallen into disrepair say they are commissioning work to ensure its "safe operation and management".

India, April 1 -- As the clocks chime on April 1, 2026, India enters the new financial year of 2026-27 with a plethora of changes brought about due to the budgets announced by Finance Minister Nirmala ...

'Oranges and lemons,/Say the bells of St Clement’s.’ Those of St Giles speak of brickbat and tiles, those at Whitechapel of two sticks and an apple — and all this ‘ding dong’ talk isn’t in London ...

TAIPING: Along a quiet stretch of Jalan Kota here, where traffic hums past rows of old shophouses, a compact, almost unassuming structure is once again drawing the eye. Freshly restored and reopened ...

D J Taylor is an underrated novelist. Kept was the best of the glut of Victorian pastiches that came out a few years ago. He sets scenes and evokes place and period in an almost painterly way, and ...