Marcus Delacroix

Marcus covers the conflicts and revolutions of the last three centuries and what they left behind on today's maps, laws and borders. He is happiest when a modern headline turns out to have a 200-year-old backstory.

A 1918 American poster showing Uncle Sam shaking hands with a boy with a clock for a head, announcing that daylight saving ends on Sunday 27 October

World History

Why We Still Change the Clocks: A Wartime Coal Measure That Never Went Away

Marcus Delacroix · October 20, 2026