India, WHO to ink host country agreement to set up global traditional medicine Centre in Gujarat

 A host country agreement would be inked Friday between the Ministry of Ayush and the World Health Organization (WHO) at Geneva to set up the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Gujarat, the government has informed Lok Saha. On March 9, the Union Cabinet had approved the establishment of the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (WHO … Read more

This Is Why It’s Called a Grandfather Clock

Nowadays, people are more likely to check the time on their phone than to look over at a clock. But even with these ubiquitous (and multitasking) digital timepieces, it’s not uncommon for homes to feature a tall, stately grandfather clock. The classic “tick-tock” noise is just too cozy to give up. But grandfather clocks weren’t … Read more

Is there a valuable antique hidden in your clutter?

It’s just possible that the old painting you picked up at a car boot sale could pay for your next holiday!​​ New research from insurance company Direct Line found that one in six of us has unwittingly given away high-value items to friends, charity shops and jumble sales, only to realise they were valuable when it was too late. … Read more

A GOLDEN AGE

As specialists in reviving vintage pieces, gilder Clare Mosley and her husband Mark Bicknell had the ideal skills to restore a ravaged Georgian house in south London The gilder Clare Mosley and her husband Mark Bicknell, who works in publishing, spent years living in Paris before they bought their eighteenth-century house in south London in … Read more