As the clocks go forward this weekend, the FT’s senior graphics artist walks a fine (meridian) line through the birthplace of ...

The incumbent, the 15th holder of the title, is Martin John Rees, the Baron Rees of Ludlow, a cross-bench peer and former ...

When longitude was first understood sailors measured their position by degrees east or west of their port of departure. Later many countries established their own prime meridians. It was not until the ...

Nestled in the rolling green hills of the English countryside is an important site in global astronomical history. But now, ...

There are 24 time zones. There is an imaginary line running through the UK called the Prime Meridian. It runs through a place in London called Greenwich. The Prime Meridian splits the world into ...

A line marks the 'Prime Meridian of the World' at Longitude 0 degrees at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich on March 26, 2012, in London. Oli Scarff/Getty Images The 1884 International Meridian ...

Contemporary style rooms overlooking the Thames river or Royal Greenwich in London, connected to the ... In fact, the Prime Meridian line that separates the eastern and western hemispheres runs ...