About TimeFrom the city sundials of ancient Rome to the era of the smartwatch, clocks have been used throughout history to wield power, make money, govern citizens and keep control. Sometimes, also with clocks, we have fought back. In this book, time expert David Rooney tells the story of timekeeping, and how it continues to shape our modern world. In twelve chapters, demarcated like the hours of time, we meet the greatest inventions in horological history,

Lacking the ability to measure their longitude

She is a charismatic spy

social media

This case will be the making of him - or the breaking

the crackpot theories which held sway for far too long

inventor and abolitionist - whose single-minded pursuit of the perfect aerial machine mystifies all around him

vain and arrogant

Ideas on planting and maintaining your garden

This is an ambush

figures in rock history

A tribute to the simple home-cooking from Khan's kitchen in Kolkata

he had to raise the ransom cash from scratch