The test of time: Canada’s only watchmaking school still ticking after 80 years

The École national d’horlogerie was founded after WW II as a way to help veterans reintegrate into society. Today, it’s about ...
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Closing shop – final duties before retiring after 37 years of service

Differences between public and private sectors Before I left for Paris in late November, I had made arrangements to hold the Sri Lanka Education Administrative Service interviews for promotion to ...
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From the Pathfinder Collection: A Soldier’s Eye on Ceylon

The Watercolours of H. H. St. George A Chance Find in Covent Garden A few decades ago, I wandered into an antiquarian shop in Covent Garden and asked, almost on a whim, whether they had any old prints ...