About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks by David Rooney Groundswell Speaker 2024 he is drawn into a

he is drawn into a corrupt double life

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But archaeologists have in fact always found evidence for humanity's irrepressible restlessness

Sam Riviere is a past master of taking and exploiting 'found' content and process and transforming it into poetry that captivates and unsettles

About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks by David Rooney Groundswell Speaker 2024 he is drawn into a'An utterly dazzling book, the best piece of history I have read for a long time' Jerry Brotton, author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps' Not merely an horologist's delight, but an ingenious meditation on the nature and symbolism of time keeping itself' Richard Holmes The measurement of time has always been essential to human civilization, from early Roman sundials to the advent of GPS. But while we have one eye on the time every day, are we