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

In the year 1751, 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, embraced by many European nations before, finally took hold on these shores. This adjustment was not merely a matter of

In a grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, during the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from the: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, macabre coat of waxed cloth and a unusual mask constructed from leather, it became a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. They masks, frequently bearing peepholes, were thought to filter the air