A new museum exhibition is inviting visitors to explore the emotional power of everyday items. Running at Abingdon County Hall Museum until November 16, the display is entitled Objects of Significance ...

Mathias Malzieu: To have the character look like a porcelain doll but with human eyes, because I wanted to combine the fragility of human emotion with the fragility of a doll. So we tried to have the ...

CROWN POINT — Time seems to stand still inside the Old Lake County Courthouse clock shop that bears the name of its owner. Owner Heidi Laninga patiently and painstakingly works to repair a broken ...

“Let's be more like Switzerland!” exclaimed one excited activist at the Lib-Dem conference this week. I had a momentary mental flash of the stunt-happy Sir Ed Davey flying out of a cuckoo clock ...

STURBRIDGE — Sturbridge is seemingly synonymous with history, from its first settlers in 1644 to the opening in 1946 of Old Sturbridge Village, which welcomes visitors to experience life in a rural ...

Furnishings from the former Karl Ratzsch's Restaurant in Milwaukee are being sold in an online auction. The historic German restaurant closed in 2017 after operating for several decades. Auction items ...

It's an interesting fact that despite being kissing cousins, clock makers and watch makers occupy very different positions in the world of timekeeping. There are hundreds of both around the globe but ...

After about six months of delicate work to restore the bell strike and chime functions, the clock was heard chiming again on Thursday after being out of commission for 15 years. The Cape Town City ...

George cheers as the cuckoo emerges from the floral clock at Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens. In 1995, teacher George Thomson took his P7 class more than 100 miles from their school in Aberdeen to ...

In 1995, teacher George Thomson took his P7 class more than 100 miles from their school in Aberdeen to see the wooden cuckoo at Edinburgh's famous floral clock. But much to his horror, when they got ...

An collection of vintage clocks, including timepieces created by local artisans, is going on display as part of a clockmaking workshop. The exhibition at Leeds Discovery Centre includes cuckoo clocks, ...