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

In the year 1751, a most unusual 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 this grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, when the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, macabre coat of greased cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, he emerged a symbol of both fear and illusory hope. Their masks, often featuring peepholes, were imagin