The clock tower — also commonly called Big Ben, but formally named the Elizabeth Tower after Queen Elizabeth II — is one of London’s most-photographed buildings. “Parliament and the clock ...

LONDON -- It's so long to Big Ben's bongs -- at least temporarily. British officials announced Monday that the famous bell of Parliament will fall silent for several months during repairs to its ...

Lawmakers, tourists and passersby assembled Monday in Parliament Square to hear the bell's final chimes before the conservation work starts. The decision to silence Big Ben is not without controversy.

Indeed, when Parliament is in session, there is a special illumination above the dials, which Mr. Watrobski said represented “the light of freedom and democracy.” Big Ben, he added ...