DanRobinson published Nottinghamshire-based British Horological Institute celebrates...

A hundred years of British Summer Time were celebrated at the Nottinghamshire home of the British Horological Institute yesterday. Dan Robinson went along to find out about the origins of daylight saving time and timepiece engineering. It has courted as much controversy as it has proven useful but British Summer Time's authority remains unrivalled – and, as ever, its centenary celebrations arrived right on cue. As the clocks went forward by an hour on Easter Sunday and we waved goodbye...