On Saturday 11th April, engineers disconnected the mechanism of Big Ben’s western clockface so they can carry out weatherproofing repairs on that side of our capital’s famous clocktower without damaging the dial. Three of the four clockfaces are behaving perfectly normally, but the western dial of Elizabeth’s Tower is frozen at 12 o’clock, and will remain so until Tuesday 21st April. I noticed this when a friend of mine posted a video on her WhatsApp status on Tuesday 14th Ap
