Category Archives: Notable Dates
22 November is St Cecilia’s Day
St Cecilia, patron saint of music, inspired music and poetry but in recent times 22 November is significant in many other walks of life, from The Beatles and Mrs Thatcher to the England Rugby Team.
Do you know the difference between Clock Time and Sun Time?
Who knew there was a difference between time measured on sundials and the actual time from the position of the sun in the sky?
Top Tips for seeing Shooting Stars on 12 August
As the Perseid Meteor Shower reaches its peak on the night of Friday 12 August, we share some top tips for how to see the most meteors, and ask the question: just what is a shooting star?
Olympic Heroes
As the 2016 Olympic Games opens in Rio, we find out all about the origins of the games what the world’s fastest man has in common with Coreobis the cook from ancient Greece.
1st August is Yorkshire Day
On 1st August we celebrate Yorkshire Day. Promoting the largest UK county of Yorkshire, it was first celebrated in 1975. View our Yorkshire Calendar, with scenes and landscapes of this historical county.
The Speaking Clock, Eighty Years on
To celebrate the 80th birthday of the Speaking Clock, we take a look back at how this time service has developed over the years and hear about a new exhibition which tells the story of the clock and its voices.
