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, implemented by many European nations before, finally took hold on these shores. This shift was not merely a matter of c

In this grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, during the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from its: the plague doctor. Clad a long, macabre coat of greased cloth and a distinctive mask constructed from leather, it became a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. These masks, regularly bearing glass, were believed to filt