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 shift was not merely a matter of conv

In a grim epoch of devastating pestilence, as the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, macabre coat of waxed cloth and a alarming mask designed from leather, it became a omen of both fear and temporary hope. They masks, regularly equipped with peepholes, were imagined to