Time on His Hands: Phil ‘The Clock’ Irvine
Time on His Hands: Phil ‘The Clock’ Irvine
The clocks at the VG&M are springing forwards for British Summer Time! In this blog we chat to Phil ‘The Clock’ Irvine who looks after the clocks in our Art and Heritage collections and we take a closer look at some of our interior clocks and his career over the past 60 years.
Posted on: 29 March 2025
Radio Liverpool
Radio Liverpool
Did you know that the world’s first wireless Morse code radio message was sent from the Victoria Building’s Jubilee Clock Tower in Liverpool? Professor Oliver Lodge was one of the early pioneers of radio and this blog charts his time at Liverpool and his revolutionary research on #WorldRadioDay.
Posted on: 13 February 2025