Time is money – but the old saying seems to be news to MPs, peers and staff at the Houses of Parliament who are still calling the Speaking Clock. Although they are working in the shadow of Big Ben, ...

It's almost baffling to think that despite the many ways we can check the time, especially in our display-saturated era, BT's speaking clock still receives roughly 12 million calls each year. Dial 123 ...

At the third stroke, the Speaking Clock will be 75 years old. But why in an era of laptops and mobiles do many people still get the precise time from a recording of a well-spoken woman? Time is ...

AMHERST, Ohio - Mark McKinley has the world's largest collection of talking clocks but it's difficult to determine what time it is. Only a portion of the hundreds of clocks in his Amherst home are set ...

On 24 July 1936, the talking clock spoke for the first time. The talking clock was originally designed for people who did not have a watch or clock to hand. Over its 80-year lifetime four people have ...

Ethel Jane Cain, a Post Office exchange operator from Croydon, was the first voice of the Speaking Clock in 1936 At the third stroke, the Speaking Clock will be 75 years old. But why in an era of ...