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

In the year 1753, 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 adjustment was not merely a matter of

In this grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, when the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from its: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, macabre coat of waxed cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, he was a representation of both fear and illusory hope. They masks, often featuring glass, were thought to filter the