The Corpus Clock, Cambridge

The Corpus Clock is one of Cambridge’s most famous sites. Designed by John C. Taylor and inaugurated by Stephen Hawking in 2008 it is a clock with no hands with three circles of dots to show the hour, minute and second. Unfortunately when I was there last March someone (I believe still unidentified) had attacked the clock with a hammer, for reasons unknown. Thankfully it’s protected by a screen so no damage was done to the actual clock but it did mean that I didn’t get to see it working, nor see the large grasshopper that sits atop it. It has now been restored and is working once again. You can see what it usually looks like and see it in motion here.

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