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

In the year 1753, a most striking 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, adopted by many European nations before, finally took hold on these shores. This alteration was not merely a matter of

In this grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, when the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from the: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, macabre coat of oiled cloth and a distinctive mask designed from leather, they became a omen of both fear and illusory hope. They masks, often equipped with eyes, were imagined to filte