So why do these old-fashioned symbols endure? The answer lies in nostalgia, design, and how our brains connect meaning to memory. Germany’s Merz fails to be elected chancellor in shock first ...

Why bother with an old-fashioned clock when you can have one that tells you the time with a poem. Designer and blogger Matt Webb has created an ingenious little device that uses the Internet’s ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Are mechanical clocks going out of fashion? Do you think they will soon become obsolete and be replaced by ...