BRITAIN'S BOLD LEAP: THE GREAT CALENDAR CHANGE OF 1752

In the year 1752, a most peculiar event shook the very foundations of time itself in Britain. A bold leap forward, a radical alteration to the way they measured days and years - this was no ordinary change. The Gregorian Calendar, embraced by many European nations before, finally took hold on these shores. This alteration was not merely a matter of

In the grim epoch of devastating pestilence, during the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the: the plague doctor. Clad a long, macabre coat of waxed cloth and a unusual mask fashioned from leather, they became a omen of both fear and temporary hope. They masks, frequently featuring peepholes, were believed to filt